by William Boyd · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420424637
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«Un buen hombre en África» is William Boyd's satirical novel, published by Alfaguara in hardback (472 pages, in Spanish).
British diplomat Morgan Leafy, posted to the fictional African country of Kinjanja, sees his ambitions thwarted between better-connected rivals and blackmail. The task of approaching a Scottish doctor embroils him in a plot of political corruption, revolution, extortion and death, narrated with black comedy.
Translation by Bernardo Moreno. Originally published as A Good Man in Africa in 1981, winner of the Whitbread and Somerset Maugham awards.
For readers of contemporary fiction and satirical humour; fits reading clubs for its blend of comedy, political critique and 20th-century historical fiction.
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.”
