by Alberto Manguel (Author)
In the lush, uninhibited atmosphere of Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson is languishing with the disease that will soon kill him; when a chance encounter with the mysterious Scottish missionary, Mr Baker, turns his thoughts back to his conservative, post-Reformation Edinburgh home. As Stevenson's meetings with the tantalizingly nebulous missionary become increasingly strange, a series of crimes against the native population sours the atmosphere. With its playful nod to Stevenson's life and work Manguel has woven an intoxicating tale in which fantasy infiltrates reality.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Edition: Main
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 17 Feb 2005
ISBN 10: 1841955981
ISBN 13: 9781841955988