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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is categorically the only book that's ever made me laugh out loud and cry, perhaps both at the same time. Unless you are a facsimile of the tin man there is no way you cannot enjoy this book! It was one of those impulse buys because it had a nice cover but I have to say this is without a doubt my favourite book ever,a lyrical odyssey/oddity! Frankly a very bizarre book but so wrought with emotion and grace. This is the only book I've ever recommended to everyone I've ever met, but every person I've lent it to loves it with a passion. Please do the world a favour and read this then pass it on to anyone you see, it deserves your time. PLEASE!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I picked this up after reading his second novel, the Whitbread-winning 'Twelve Bar Blues'. I loved that and knew that it followed up some of the characters from this one. That said, I definitely wasn't prepared to be blown away. But I was. If anything 'Musungu Jim And The Great Chief Tuloko' is better; a riot from start to finish that bounds from absurdity to tragedy and back again in the blink of an eye. It is very very funny; nonetheless the most memorable part has to be the story of the poet who became a soldier. When you find out what happened to him on his 23rd birthday? I defy you not to reach for the Kleenex. Genuinely, this novel is a masterpiece that has gone largely unnoticed. Don't let it go unread.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
one of the funniest as well as thought-provoking books i have ever read. I would recommend this to anybody as i think it crosses all boards to the kind of people it will attract. Well done Mr. Neate. Keep them coming!!!
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Some Laugh out Loud bits
One of the funniest books I've read, I lent my copy a few years ago and wanted to read it again. I wasn't disappointed.
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The writing is among the most original I have read in a long time. Set in a fictional African country (Zambawi) this is a hilarious and magical story. Read more
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So funny
This is really brilliant, definitely in my favourite list. It's so intricate and hilarious and really focuses on some of the pretentious behaviour that young students have when... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2007 by Lisa Deick
Formulaic
Musungu Jim... can be funny in places, it can even achieve brief momentsof pathos, but on the whole it is the kind of book our bookstores would bestacked with if they ever... Read more
Published on 28 April 2004 by D. C. Njoku
a gripping read
I always try to keep up with new authors and I thought this was very entertaining. What makes a good read? Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2001
Superb
I picked this up in Ibiza and found it hilarious. The gar (marijuana) incidents were particularly funny given the smoking habits of most of my fellow holiday makers. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2000
Top read for year offers!
I thought this book was hiarious. I've just been on my gap year in Tanzania and my mum sent it to me while I was out there. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2000
funny, poignant and a little disturbing
I bought this book in Jo'burg where I was travelling on business. I haven't seen it in Harare and I don't suppose I'm likely to. Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2000
A good read and a good laugh
I thought the book was excellent, particularly when the author was writing about what he had clearly experienced himself (he must surely be an Oxbridge anthropologist who spent a... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2000 by carolinethom@hotmail.com
Top read. Well worth it
I'm not usually the kind of person who'd write a book review. But I just picked this book up at Heathrow a couple of weeks ago and read it on a Greek beach. I couldn't put it down! Read more
Published on 17 May 2000
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