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Pandora In the Congo
Albert Sanchez Pinol
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Paperback. It is 1914. In the heart of the Belgian Congo, Garvey, a bedraggled British manservant, emerges from the jungle. He is the lone survivor of a mining expedition. With him, he carries two huge diamonds. From his prison cell in London, Garvey recounts his horrific and thrilling ordeal. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 300. 448 pages. It is 1914. In the heart of the Belgian Congo, Garvey, a bedraggled British manservant, emerges from the jungle. He is the lone survivor of a mining expedition. With him, he carries two huge diamonds. From his prison cell in London, Garvey recounts his horrific and thrilling ordeal. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight: 300. Translator(s): Lethem, Mara Faye.
It is 1914. In the heart of the Belgian Congo, Garvey, a bedraggled British manservant, emerges from the jungle. He is the lone survivor of a mining expedition in which both his masters have died, and all of the party's African porters have fled. With him, he carries two huge diamonds.
From his prison cell in London, Garvey recounts his horrific and thrilling ordeal. Young Tommy Thomson is assigned to transcribe Garvey's story and only he can untangle the extraordinary mysteries of the Garvey case.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847671240
SKU
V9781847671240
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99-99
About Albert Sanchez Pinol
Albert Sánchez Piñol was born in Barcelona in 1965. He is an anthropologist, non-fiction writer and novelist writing in Catalan and Castilian Spanish. His first novel, Cold Skin, has been translated into thirty-seven languages, won the Ojo Critico Narrativa prize on its original publication in Catalan in 2003 and is being adapted for film. ... Read more
Reviews for Pandora In the Congo
A literary dynamite charge.
Independent on Sunday
Albert Sánchez Piñol is possessed of an exceptional, fecund and devious imagination.
David Mitchell Wonderful.
The Times
An action-packed adventure story in the best Rider Haggard tradition and a sophisticated reflection on the imaginative power of literature. Impressive and most ... Read more
Independent on Sunday
Albert Sánchez Piñol is possessed of an exceptional, fecund and devious imagination.
David Mitchell Wonderful.
The Times
An action-packed adventure story in the best Rider Haggard tradition and a sophisticated reflection on the imaginative power of literature. Impressive and most ... Read more