- Hardcover: 475 pages
- Publisher: Mysterious Pr; First Edition edition (April 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0892965339
- ISBN-13: 978-0892965335
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 4.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,137,536 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Kahawa is the "thinking man's adventure novel."
20 Sep 1996
Format:Mass Market Paperback
You don't read adventures. I don't read adventures. Kahawa is an adventure book worth reading.
Kahawa is a well-researched, gloriously well written, carefully characterized adventure novel about a plot to steal a train of freshly harvested coffee from 1970s Uganda. 1970s Uganda and Idi Amin, who is prominently featured in the novel.
Kahawa is filled with historical (true!) anecdotes about early Africa, and is set in an accurate portrayal of the horror of Amin's brutal Ugandan dictatorship (which to most people today is just a memory). It's main characters are real people -- not the supermen and fearless heroes found in most adventure novels. And best of all, Westlike writes the story with a touch of humor and wit, giving the reader a look at the stark reality of Uganda, Africa, racism, and piracy while at the same time keeping the reader comfortable with the deeds of the main characters, and hopeful that they will be successful
Kahawa is a well-researched, gloriously well written, carefully characterized adventure novel about a plot to steal a train of freshly harvested coffee from 1970s Uganda. 1970s Uganda and Idi Amin, who is prominently featured in the novel.
Kahawa is filled with historical (true!) anecdotes about early Africa, and is set in an accurate portrayal of the horror of Amin's brutal Ugandan dictatorship (which to most people today is just a memory). It's main characters are real people -- not the supermen and fearless heroes found in most adventure novels. And best of all, Westlike writes the story with a touch of humor and wit, giving the reader a look at the stark reality of Uganda, Africa, racism, and piracy while at the same time keeping the reader comfortable with the deeds of the main characters, and hopeful that they will be successful
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Read long ago, but not forgotten
25 Feb 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
As I remembered the novel, it was the best I ever read. My rating may have been coloured by my living in Liberia 15 years ago when reading the book. Samuel K. Doe was at the time turning our life upside down (I later lived for some years in Tanzania, bordering lake Victoria). The book is totally different from anything else that I have read from Westlake. Did I find it good if I'm searching for it 15 years later?
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Fantastic
7 Jan 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Understand that this book is a major departure for Westlake, and is darker tham a lot of his other books. This is a good thing, I've read a few of his other books, and while they were ok, Kahawa is simply woderful. By blending some actual figures into the book, Westlake adds realism, which makes it even more gripping. Worth more than 5 stars!
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