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by William Boyd · Penguin Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140279658
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ISBN: 9780140279658
En la pequeña nación africana de Kinjanja, Morgan Leafy, representante de Su Majestad Británica, se enfrenta a desafíos profesionales y personales. Sus sueños de ascenso se ven frustrados por reclutas más recientes y mejor conectados, mientras que la mujer de sus sueños se compromete con otro. Además, Leafy es víctima de chantaje por parte de un representante político local. A pesar de todo, Leafy adquiere una dignidad y valentía inesperadas en medio de la corrupción política, la revolución y las desventuras sexuales.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
