The cover says this is an "African sketchbook" and that it is - no touristy recommendations, no diatribe on the author's accomplishments - it's simply a novel filled with the "heat, beautty, luxury, cruelty, squalor, sorrow and saintly generosity" that Africa is.

This book is brilliant read about the "real" Africa - and a pleasant change from the "tourist" image that is so often thrust upon us.

Llewellyn's gift of description is so good - you can almost smell Africa wafting through the pages as you read.