Abyssinian Chronicles
by:
Moses Isegawa (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B0066550PI
Publish date: November 11th 2011
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Opening sentence - Three final images flashed across Serenity's mind as he disappeared into the jaws of the colossal crocodile: a rotting buffalo with rivers of maggots and armies of flies emanating from its cavities; the aunt of his missing wife, who was also his longtime lover; and the mysterious ...
This book is so amazing that I'm willing to forgive a few weighty sins -- like how the narrator comes to know so much detail events in the lives of people he avoids. The story, which covers the life of Mugezi and many members of his extended family, is interwoven into a history of pre- and post-Amin...