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The catastrophist
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- Book Synopsis
- Gillespie, an Irishman, goes to the Congo in 1959 in pursuit of his beautiful lover Inès, a passionate Italian journalist. Unlike her, Gillespie has no interest in the deepening independence crisis, nor in the charismatic leader, Patrice Lumumba. He has other business: this is his last chance to make love work for him.
- About The Author
- Ronan Bennett was born and brought up in Belfast, and has a Ph.D. in history from King's College, London. He is the author of The Second Prison (shortlisted for the Irish Times/Aer Lingus prize), Overthrown By Strangers, The Catastrophist (shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award) and most recently Havoc, in its Third Year (longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004). He has written screenplays for film and t.v. for BBC1 - and also works as a journalist.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780747260332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Headline Review, (08 April 1999)
- Number of Pages
- 313
- Weight
- 230 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 130 x 22 mm
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