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Mr Bigstuff and the Goddess of Charm: Parties, Cars, Love & Ambition South of the Sahara - Couverture souple

Ledger, Fiona

 
9780330374385: Mr Bigstuff and the Goddess of Charm: Parties, Cars, Love & Ambition South of the Sahara
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0330374389 ISBN 13 : 9780330374385
Editeur : Picador, 2001

Synopsis

`From a sanctimonious Kenneth Kaunda to a wily old freedom fighter in 1980s Sierra Leone, sexy barmen, stuck-up aid workers, French legionnaires and ageing prostitutes, everyone is depicted with enough verve to come alive . . . The equal of anything by Patrick Marnham or Paul Theroux, this is one of the best books on Africa for a long time’ Spectator

`Insightful and timely . . . An editor and producer on the BBC African Service since 1980, Fiona Sax Ledger has her own hugely well-informed take on life on this extraordinary continent. Surreal, observant and touching in equal measure’ Scotsman

`A very amusing book by a writer who really knows Africa . . . Fiona Sax Ledger shows the diversity of a continent whose countries and peoples are too often thrown, all done for, into the same bag’ Giles Foden

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À propos de l'auteur

Fiona Sax Ledger lives in North London with her daughter. They have another home and more family in Uganda. She began her writing career reporting on the performance of back-hoe loaders and concrete mixers in West Africa.

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Éditeur
Picador
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0330374389
ISBN 13 
9780330374385
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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