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'A gripping new novel about ex-pat life in West Africa. A real treat.' --Brigid Keenan, author of Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse
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West Africa in the early 1990s. Daniel Maddison arrives into the milieu of miscellaneous misfits and mavericks that is the ex-pat commmunity. Rebelling against the confines of diplomatic life, Daniel is drawn towards the people and places that lie beyond the experience of his High Commission colleagues and their endless rounds of cocktail parties, golf and gossip.
Hephzibah Anderson on Up All Night Radio 5 Live Graham Greenish with a bit of Alexander McCall Smith thrown in. Very readable, very humorous a charming first novel.
The Argus ''One of those brilliant books that offers an easy, entertaining read in the first instance, only to worm its way deeper into your mind. A modern Graham Greene fabulous...fictional gold.''
bookgroup.info ''A fascinating novel rich in dialogue with finely and sensitively drawn characters. If you like Armistead Maupin, Graham Greene or Barbara Trapido, you'll love this.''
Choice ''Populated by a cast of miscreants and misfits this debut novel by playwright Eckstein is a darkly comic delight.''
Caroline Smailes ''Evocative, intriguing and with splashes of a modern Evelyn Waugh.''
Bookersatz ''A fantastically well-executed novel...the book is a joy to read. It is intriguing, exciting and just beautifully written.''
Thoughts from Botswana ''A delightful book, likely you ll read it at one sitting it's quite difficult to put down once you're pulled in.''
Jackie Wills I couldn t put this novel down...Eckstein s book will contribute to an important body of fiction written about the continuing relationship between African and European countries. Her background with VSO and now her work in medical ethics ensures that her perspective is informed, intelligent and demanding. This incisive intellect also delivers some fascinating, complex characters who won't necessarily behave the way you expect.
Chez Aspie ''The Cloths of Heaven is a treasure. The scented evenings, heavily weighted with West African heat, seemed to rise from the pages as I read. The characters are unexpectedly real. At times I felt an inkling of what it must feel like to be a stalker; that urge to vicariously experience more of another's life, the reluctance to be parted from them. I felt a slight sense of grief as the novel ended simply because it finished so perfectly and, I wanted to spend more time in their world.''
Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust ''Marvellous on several levels...as good a page-turner as a thriller, with the lingering and satisfying afterglow of the best literary novels. When you ve bought one copy and read it, you will probably find yourself buying more as gifts for friends.''
Hephzibah Anderson on Up All Night Radio 5 Live Graham Greenish with a bit of Alexander McCall Smith thrown in. Very readable, very humorous a charming first novel.
The Argus ''One of those brilliant books that offers an easy, entertaining read in the first instance, only to worm its way deeper into your mind. A modern Graham Greene fabulous...fictional gold.''
bookgroup.info ''A fascinating novel rich in dialogue with finely and sensitively drawn characters. If you like Armistead Maupin, Graham Greene or Barbara Trapido, you'll love this.''
Choice ''Populated by a cast of miscreants and misfits this debut novel by playwright Eckstein is a darkly comic delight.''
Caroline Smailes ''Evocative, intriguing and with splashes of a modern Evelyn Waugh.''
Bookersatz ''A fantastically well-executed novel...the book is a joy to read. It is intriguing, exciting and just beautifully written.''
Thoughts from Botswana ''A delightful book, likely you ll read it at one sitting it's quite difficult to put down once you're pulled in.''
Jackie Wills I couldn t put this novel down...Eckstein s book will contribute to an important body of fiction written about the continuing relationship between African and European countries. Her background with VSO and now her work in medical ethics ensures that her perspective is informed, intelligent and demanding. This incisive intellect also delivers some fascinating, complex characters who won't necessarily behave the way you expect.
Chez Aspie ''The Cloths of Heaven is a treasure. The scented evenings, heavily weighted with West African heat, seemed to rise from the pages as I read. The characters are unexpectedly real. At times I felt an inkling of what it must feel like to be a stalker; that urge to vicariously experience more of another's life, the reluctance to be parted from them. I felt a slight sense of grief as the novel ended simply because it finished so perfectly and, I wanted to spend more time in their world.''
Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust ''Marvellous on several levels...as good a page-turner as a thriller, with the lingering and satisfying afterglow of the best literary novels. When you ve bought one copy and read it, you will probably find yourself buying more as gifts for friends.''
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The reader is instantly transported into another world and the sights and sounds of Africa. Sue Eckstein speaks with a completely convincing sense of place and people. She has a gift for dialogue which brings an extraordinary group of characters off the page, fully formed, into the reader's visual imagination. At the heart of her story lies a mystery. A cleverly constructed novel that draws two time lines together into a surprising twist at the end.
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A touching and funny tale that overturns stereotypes,
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This was such a good read. The story intertwines a number of stories spanning Africa and the UK, all of which contain unexpected and touching twists and turns. The writing is full of wit and insight. In its depiction of a range of characters and their different reactions to love and personal tragedy, the book quietly overturns stereotyped views of ex-pat life, offering one which is funny, touching and, I suspect, rarely told. Highly recommended - I'm looking forward to the next one from this author.
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Irreverent, warm and witty,
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Sue writes with the insight of one who has ridden the rough roads of this corner of West Africa, and sat with her characters drinking wine beneath an equatorial night-sky; the expat community is finely drawn through sharp dialogue, a generous portrayal of failings and frailties, and an astute eye for the humour underlying the mundane as well as the bizarre.
If you've ever lived abroad, especially in a developing country, read this book as it will transport you to a time and place that will resonate; if not, then simply enjoy the rich evocation of setting, the compelling personal journeys of the protagonists and this debut novelist's skilful mastery of the form.
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