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Set against the backdrop of contemporary Kenya, this novel explores the dynamics of a Western relationship in the Third World, between two people who, on the one hand, believe in love and its self-expression and who, on the other, fear the worst for the future of the human race.
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‘One of the most magnetically compelling writers working today. Witty, caustic and worldly’ WALL STREET JOURNAL
‘A brilliant writer. She has a strong, clear and strangely seductive voice. The characters are strong . . . so moving it will make you want to gasp or cry’ SUNDAY TIMES
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0571170935
- ISBN 13 9780571170937
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Andrzej Klimowski (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Eleanor Merritt is in Africa working for Pathfinder a family planning agency. Her path crosses with that of the hard-edged, handsome, flamboyant, and older - Calvin Piper at a population conference in Nairobi. The challenge the two characters present to each other take 277 pages to tell. LEARN more about : ZPG, mzungu, Aaron Spring, taka-taka, Bunny Morton, kidogo, Mathare Valley, USAID, Kigali, Panga and elephants. Cond : Boards are black with white lettering on spine only. End-papers are white. D.J. is also black with white lettering. Front cover graphic shows a naked torso (another inset) in an African savannah setting. Volume is bright, tight and clean in all aspects. No names, marks ,tears. D.J. has heavy wear (chips) along most edges - plus one inch tear in back. Wear at top and tail of d.j. spine.Both spines fine, no sun-fading. D.J. not price-clipped. Almost collectible !! Quote (p. 11) : " They talked, as expatriates did incessantly, about Africa, though Eleanor suspected this was the defintion of being a stranger here. Real Africans, she supposed, never sat around at dinner talking about Africa. " Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 004583
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Shriver, Lionel. Game control. First edition. London: Faber and Faber, 1994. Hardback, Good, in unclipped dustjacket with moderate shelfwear and rubbing to edges, chips to spine and small tears (1-2 cm) to bottom front and base of spine. Black cloth, slightly dented to top, with silver lettering to spine. Binding strong and tight. 277pp. Tanning to edges of page block. Contents clean and bright. Lionel Shriver has written a sardonic, sexy, salutary novel about, of all things, population control. Game Control, Shriver s fourth book, is set in Africa a continent both beset by Malthusian horrors and scourged by AIDS. Theorists on demographics who take an extreme view might argue that attempts at remedying Africa s AIDS problem are folly, for they will guarantee that populations exceed the carrying capacity of the land. Dr Calvin Piper, the novel s protagonist, would take the argument a step further. His notion is to give AIDS a covert helping hand at genocide for the sake of the world at large, of course (New Scientist). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1667940402140
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