Whiteman

by TonyD'Souza (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $19.01

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $3.28

  Suitable for readers of back-packer classics such as The Beach and Are You Experienced ; those who loved Alexandra Fuller's Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight ; gap-year wanderers; those who feel the call to become a VSO; this is the perfect summer page-turner for airport-shoppers or armchair travellers. Young, American, and idealistic, the Whiteman bounds into the Ivory Coast with a deep desire to Make a Difference. But then the NGO's funding dries up and he's stranded, unable to establish a water supply for the village and with plenty of time on his hands. Taking place against the backdrop of bloody civil war, this is the story of a whiteman losing his aid-worker illusions and discovering a different, more complicated Africa: perplexing and brutal, beguiling and sexy.