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The Tribe That Lost Its Head (Paperback)
by Nicholas Monsarrat (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)

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  • Paperback: 687 pages
  • Publisher: House of Stratus; New Ed edition (18 Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1842321609
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842321607
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 531,886 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Five hundred miles off the southwest coast of Africa lies the island of Pharamaul, a British Protectorate, governed from Whitehall through a handful of devoted British civilians. In the south of the island lies Port Victoria, dominated by the Governor's palatial mansion; in the north, a settlement of mud huts shelter a hundred thousand natives; and in dense jungle live the notorious Maula tribe, kept under surveillance by a solitary District Officer and his young wife. When Chief-designate, Dinamaula, returns from his studies in England with a spirited desire to speed the development of his people, political crisis erupts into a ferment of intrigue and violence.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nicholas Monsarrat at his best, 14 Jul 2002
I read this book about 5 years ago but it's still sits quite well implanted in my memory. The author is at his best when he starts to dig into the motivations of each of the characters and he is evidently no fan of the media. The book is quite tragic in and the outcome seems pre-ordained from the beginning but it makes for a fascinating and gripping read to see how the wheels fall off.

Perhaps most striking of all when you finish the book is to look at the year it was written and then examine the history of some of the former colonies which received their independence in the past fifty years.

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