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Good Man in Africa by William Boyd (1983, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140058877
ISBN-139780140058871
eBay Product ID (ePID)116371813
Product Key Features
Book TitleGood Man in Africa
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year1983
GenreFiction
AuthorWilliam Boyd
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length3.1 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"This is a wildly funny novel, rich in witty prose and raucous incidents . . . without qualification, a delight." - The Washington Post "Entertaining and successful . . . a champion storyteller. His prose style is intelligent, vigorous and pleasant." - The New York Times Book Review "Comic realism echoing Evelyn Waugh . . . nimbly plotted, gracefully written . . . Boyd had endowed British fiction with a welcome depth and liveliness." - New York Newsday "A gutsy writer . . . William Boyd is good company to keep." - Time
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisEscapee from suburbia, overweight, oversexed... Morgan Leafy isn't overburdened with worldly success. Actually, he is refreshingly free from it. But then, as a representative of Her Britannic Majesty in tropical Kinjanja, it was not very constructive of him to get involved in wholesale bribery. Nor was it exactly oiling his way up the ladder to hunt down the improbably pointed breasts of his boss's daughter when officially banned from horizontal delights by a nasty dose... Falling back on his deep-laid reserves of misanthropy and guile, Morgan has to fight off the sea of humiliation, betrayal and ju-ju that threatens to wash over him. 'Wickedly funny.' The Times, In the small African republic of Kinjanja, British diplomat Morgan Leafy bumbles heavily through his job. His love of women, his fondness for drink, and his loathing for the country prove formidable obstacles on his road to any kind of success. But when he becomes an operative in Operation Kingpin and is charged with monitoring the front runner in Kinjanja s national elections, Morgan senses an opportunity to achieve real professional recognition and, more importantly, reassignment. After he finds himself being blackmailed, diagnosed with a venereal disease, attempting bribery, and confounded with a dead body, Morgan realizes that very little is going according to plan."
