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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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riverrun
- Paperback Aug 30, 2016 | 9780857054296 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 3, 2015 | 9781784295509 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 3, 2015 | 9781784292317 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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riverrun
- Paperback Aug 30, 2016 | 9780857054296 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 3, 2015 | 9781784295509 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 3, 2015 | 9781784292317 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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riverrun
- Paperback Aug 30, 2016 | 9780857054296 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 3, 2015 | 9781784295509 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 3, 2015 | 9781784292317 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Harare, Zimbabwe. A gun lost in a taxi will bind the fate of five couples - expats and locals - who will either be torn apart or brought together under its violent gravity
Sharp and blackly humorous, THE DEATH OF REX NHONGO follows five marriages and one gun, which collide on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe. When Patson finds a gun in his taxi, it gives a jolt to a marriage already balancing on the knife-edge of poverty. Shuttling disaffected British expats, avoiding intelligence officers and supporting deluded relatives from the country, Patson weaves a web through a city that can speak of only one thing: General Rex Nhongo, and the rumours surrounding his death.
This is a portrait of marriage under pressure; of husband and wife in breakdown, breakup and breakthrough. Portraying racial pride or middle class guilt, government conspiracy or childhood compulsion, C. B. George never softens his grip on the uncomfortable truth.
Praise for The Death of Rex Nhongo
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A terrific novel - absolutely compelling and chilling. A wonderfully astute and forensic blend of fact and fiction, lies and truth.
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This is a brilliantly unsettling book; its shrewd, measured, darkly atmospheric prose describes the societal, familial and psychological conditions that make it possible to find burnt corpses in fire-proof houses.
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A brilliant piece of work, which takes a cleaver to Zimbabwe - splitting it wide open for all to see. Fascinating, enjoyable, compact and driving - Jesse Armstrong, writer, The Thick of It
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Muscular, confident . . . C . B. George's account of that strained relationship is horribly convincing . . . As the characters stumble into each others' trajectories, the author pulls off the feat of being both forensic and forgiving - Spectator
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