Book description
BROTHERS UNDER THE SKIN is an impassioned reflection by prize winning
author, Christopher Hope, on the all too familiar traits of tyranny.
From Milsovik's Serbia, to the killing fields of Matabeleland,
Christopher Hope reveals the vainglorious essence of tyranny as being
the same, regardless of the race, nation or ideology it claims to
embody. Bringing his unique experience and dazzling prose style to bare
on the subject, he has produced a disturbing, wise, yet amusing text
that combines memoir, interview and reportage to reveal the tragic
absurdity of one man's lust for power “[a] frequently hilarious and
sometimes profound reverie. . . his feelings are unerring and his
writing beautiful” - Sunday Times “riveting. . .a fascinating
deconstruction. . .Hope never loses his ability to surprise' - Telegraph
“his record of a car ride with Ian Smith is priceless. . .digging into
tyranny is what Hope does best” - The Times “the author's passionate
commitment to truth and his poet's prose raise it” - Financial Times
“[it is] superb, telling us more about the anthropology of power than a
thousand academic monographs. . .” - Irish Times
Christopher Hope was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1944. He
is the author of twelve novels including Kruger's Alp, winner
of the Whitbread Novel Award, and the Booker short-listed Serenity
House. Hope's non-fiction includes a highly praised memoir, White
Boy Running (1988), and a travel book, Moscow! Moscow! (1990), which
won a PEN Award.
