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The Book of Secrets

A Novel

Author: M. G. Vassanji

The Book of Secrets

The Book of Secrets

$23.00

About This Book

In 1988, a retired schoolteacher named Pius Fernandes receives an old diary found in the back room of an East African shop. Written in 1913 by a British colonial administrator, the diary captivates...

Page Count
360
On Sale
12/15/1996

Book Details

In 1988, a retired schoolteacher named Pius Fernandes receives an old diary found in the back room of an East African shop. Written in 1913 by a British colonial administrator, the diary captivates Fernandes, who begins to research the coded history he encounters in its terse, laconic entries. What he uncovers is a story of forbidden liaisons and simmering vengeances, family secrets and cultural exiles--a story that leads him on an investigative journey through his own past and Africa's.

Imprint Publisher

Picador

ISBN

9780312150686

In The News

“Rich . . . wonderful . . . entertaining . . . a celebration of storytelling.” —David Willis McCullough, The New York Times Book Review

“A love affair with the past . . . [an] exquisite, tender, and possibly great novel.” —The New Yorker

“Well-written, mulit-layered, and teasingly inconclusive . . . Offers a view of an area seldom treated in fiction.” —The Atlantic Monthly

About the Creators

The Book of Secrets

The Book of Secrets

$23.00