Product Description

Michael Lacey, the child of missionaries, and Zachye Katura, tending cattle for his father in the grasslands of Kaaro Karungi, are happy in their childhood idyll. When they both fall for the same enigmatic woman they must face their past and hear their ancestors if they are to make their way in the modern world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #180830 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-21
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .1 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 371 pages

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Review
'The delight is in the detail of this book. It brought to me pictures of Uganda and that feeling you always had there of life beyond this life, whispering, beckoning, interfering. Reality and myths reinforce each other as the title suggests and you are left feeling the vulnerability of humanity' --Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

'This deeply moving book will leave you thoughtful for long after you have read it' --Ann Widdecombe MP

'Grips the reader. A stunningly haunting debut' --Lesley Mason, the Book Bag

From the Publisher
Picnic is delighted to be publishing Andrew Sharp's first novel for several reasons including the fact there is plenty of post-colonial fiction set in India but not so much set in Africa. Andrew's epic contributes to and sets a standard for what is becoming a growing trend.

About the Author
Andrew Sharp is a doctor who writes. He trained as a surgeon and then as a general practitioner and has lived and worked in East and Southern Africa where he has close family ties. His grandfather owned an island in Uganda described in IN SEARCH OF PARADISE (1960) by Stephen Lister as 'not only the loveliest and most delightful spot I saw in Africa, but I am almost tempted to say in the world.' Now based in the East Midlands where he is a GP and Hospital Practitioner in General Surgery in University hospitals of Leicester, Andrew is a contributor to medical magazines and has written award winning short stories. He has a private pilots licence to fly microlights ... although this has now lapsed!