Book description
James Bray, an English colonial administrator who was expelled from a
central African nation for siding with its black nationalist leaders, is
invited back ten years later to join in the country's independence
celebrations. As he witnesses the factionalism and violence that erupt
as revolutionary ideals are subverted by ambition and greed, Bray is
once again forced to choose sides, a choice that becomes both his
triumph and his undoing. 'Gordimer writes of blacks and whites, but
her steady, unblinking eye sees something grey there. You could call it
human nature and you would be right. Her true subject is humankind, as
it is for every great writer' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Nadine Gordimer is a
great writer ... it is Turgenev she most brings to mind' NEW YORK REVIEW
OF BOOKS James Bray, an English colonial administrator who was
expelled from a central African nation for siding with its black
nationalist leaders, is invited back ten years later to join in the
country's independence celebrations. As he witnesses the factionalism
and violence that erupt as revolutionary ideals are subverted by
ambition and greed, Bray is once again forced to choose sides, a choice
that becomes both his triumph and his undoing.
