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World The Lizard and Me, The - Softcover

Gil Courtmanche

 
9781781722657: World The Lizard and Me, The
Softcover
ISBN 10: 178172265X ISBN 13: 9781781722657
Publisher: Seren, 2015

Synopsis

By the author of Sunday by the Pool in Kigali

Claude Tremblay has sought justice for the voiceless victims of war since he was eleven. His passion for justice has taken him to a job at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he pursues the conviction of Thomas Kabanga, a Congolese warlord charged with creating child soldiers in the civil war there.,p. Despite telling testimony and damning evidence Kabanga is freed on a legal technicality, and Claude finds himself at moral crossroads. Appalled, he travels to Congo to gather more evidence. His meetings with damaged former child soldiers challenge him further and he also finds himself conflicted after a chance meeting with Kabanga. As moral boundaries blur in a culture Claude thought he understood, a different sort of justice is formulated and executed.

Drawing on experiences of reporting in Africa, Gil Courtemanche has again written a novel marked by its immediacy and authenticity.

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About the Author

Gil Courtemanche (1943-2011) was born in Montreal and became a journalist in 1962, with RadioCanada. He created, edited and hosted a variety of radio and tv journalism programmes and helped found Le Jour. His first novel, A Sunday at the Pool in Kigaliwas published by Canongate and made into an award winning film.

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Publisher
Seren
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
178172265X
ISBN 13 
9781781722657
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
180