The VoyeurMourning the death of his lover from cancer, the poet and novelist Paul Morgan visits Mozambique to witness the first elections held in that country after a brutal fifteen year civil war. |
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... who'd sailed her down from his home on Lamu island in search of new custom . He kept Kaskazi trim and clean and knew the Mozambican waters . Each day for a week we went out onto the indigo deeps of the Mozambique channel and I felt the ...
... who'd sailed her down from his home on Lamu island in search of new custom . He kept Kaskazi trim and clean and knew the Mozambican waters . Each day for a week we went out onto the indigo deeps of the Mozambique channel and I felt the ...
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... who'd had a foot blown off by a landmine . Small red and white death's - head signs were nailed up on trees everywhere in the bush outside the towns saying ' Perigo Minas ! ' In town young men hand - pedalled wheelchairs improvised from ...
... who'd had a foot blown off by a landmine . Small red and white death's - head signs were nailed up on trees everywhere in the bush outside the towns saying ' Perigo Minas ! ' In town young men hand - pedalled wheelchairs improvised from ...
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... . ' ' I'm English , ' I said mildly , but Lucas ignored me . ' Oh , God , no , ' he said , watching the grey - suited men who'd climbed out of the Land Cruisers . ' I think they're coming here . ' ' Good for business 7.
... . ' ' I'm English , ' I said mildly , but Lucas ignored me . ' Oh , God , no , ' he said , watching the grey - suited men who'd climbed out of the Land Cruisers . ' I think they're coming here . ' ' Good for business 7.
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