UnfeelingDavey is in the attic when the militia gang comes to his family's farm in Zimbabwe and his parents are murdered and the farm 'reclaimed'. The neighbouring farmers, his parents' closest friends, take him in and try to care for him and bring him back into the community of normality, but Davey is on a different path. One night he escapes from his boarding school and embarks on a harrowing journey across Africa, coming home to Edenfields, looking for redemption. This searingly powerful novel brings the story of the white experience in Africa hauntingly up to date, and introduces a new voice of real accomplishment. Ian Holding is a young teacher who lives in Harare and his novel is based on actual events. |
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