Book description
Deo is a great footballer, a fierce protector of his older brother,
Innocent. His brother is easily nervous, easily happy but good at
keeping score on the dusty fields of Zimbabwe where the boys play.
Then Mugabe's soldiers come, destroying the only home the boys have
known. Now, Deo has nothing but his brother, and a football stuffed
with billions of worthless dollars. And so starts their journey to
find their father. But with soldiers everywhere, they have only one
chance to cross the border, one chance to escape.
In face of such a challenge, it is Deo's brotherly love that
endures, his belief that he will lead them both to safety. Micheal
Williams's is a masterful storyteller who pulls you along the journey
of a lifetime. Deo and Innocent's journey is a universal story of hope
in the face of despair, and the search for a better life.
Michael Williams is a writer of plays, musicals, operas and novels
and the Managing Director of Cape Town Opera in South Africa. He has
written operas for young people based on African mythology as well as
the libretti for symphonic operas that have premiered around the world.
Michael is bringing
Porgy and Bess
and the
Nelson Mandela Trilogy
operas to the UK in June 2012
