World War II is raging, but in this dusty backwater of the Belgian Congo, the most pressing problem is finding a cold beer. That's the case at least for Hooper Talliaferro, a genial U.S. government flunkey sent to Africa on a vague errand related to the war effort. What he finds at the failing Congo-Ruizi plantation won't help the Allies much. Like colonialism itself, the owner is dying of a slow poison, and neither his bitter wife nor the plantation manager can muster the energy to care. But along with Hooper arrives Dr. Mary Finney, a formidable missionary with both moral outrage and sleuthing skills to spare.
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From the Publisher:
"Matthew Head" was a pseudonym for well known art critic John Canaday.
About the Author:
Matthew Head is a Reader in Music at King s College London. He is the author of "Orientalism, Masquerade, and Mozart s Turkish Music" (2000).
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- PublisherFelony & Mayhem
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1933397217
- ISBN 13 9781933397214
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages190
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