Ex-library, still has the label and barcode inside! Looks like an interesting read, might see if I can read this one before releasing it.

This was a pleasant surprise, I really wasn't sure what this would be like, I wasn't sure how well a book about Africa written in the late 80s/early 90s by a white person would actually be. Would it age like milk?

I needn't have worried. This story has aged brilliantly and quite frankly it's disappointing that the book is now apparently out of print.

I was worried when I read in some other reviews about the alternative ending, but when it came to it, it perfectly demonstrated the knife-edge on which the utter hope and utter hopelessness balance. It takes so little to tip it either way.

This was in a pile of books I expected to read and then pass on, but I think I'll be keeping this until my son is old enough.