Showing posts with label kenya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kenya. Show all posts
Sunday, February 26, 2023

Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama

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Dreams From My Father is Barack Obama’s early autobiography, written before he went to law school. It details his early years and basically ...
Friday, October 5, 2012

Dreams In A Time Of War by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

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Put simply, Dreams In A Time Of War by Ngugi wa Thiong’o is a beautiful book. But it is also challenging, engaging, shocking, endearing and ...
Monday, February 20, 2012

From Cairo to Cape Town - A Home To Head For by Eric Olverson

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A Home To Head For is something of a marathon, not for the reader, but for the author, Eric Olverson. To be accurate, Eric’s tale is signifi...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

A Grain Of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

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Returning to a masterpiece to re-examine its brilliance is always a risky business. There is always the threat of disappointment, a gradual ...
Monday, September 1, 2008

Please Sir, There’s A Snake In The Art Room by Keith Geddes

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In Please Sir, There’s A Snake In The Art Room author Keith Geddes has his principal character, Tom Thorne, address a series of challenges. ...
Friday, July 13, 2007

Mission - a review by David Holiday

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It's hard to believe that this is a debut novel. The writer Phillip Spires is a master at his craft and after buying the book I visited ...

Mission - a review by Timothy Harman

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This is a beautifully crafted book, rich in sensuous language evoking a flavour of Africa. The structure of the book is most unusual, with e...

Mission by Philip Spires - a review by Cao Duc Thac

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Budget airlines have made travelling far easier in recent years and many of us have enjoyed holidays in exotic places: on safaris in East Af...

Mission - Some extracts from the novel

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The title of Mission's first chapter is Michael. Here is how it starts  ... Enter Michael, dishevelled and panting. His movements are ...