James Bray, an English colonial administrator who was expelled from a central African nation for siding with its black nationalist leaders, is invited back ten years later to join in the country's independence celebrations. As he witnesses the factionalism and violence that erupt as revolutionary ideals are subverted by ambition and greed, Bray is once again forced to choose sides, a choice that becomes both his triumph and his undoing.
| ISBN: | 9780747559887 |
| Publication date: | 7th October 2002 |
| Author: | Nadine Gordimer |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 504 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
James Bray, an English colonial administrator who was expelled from a central African nation for siding with its black nationalist leaders, is invited back ten years later to join in the country's independence celebrations. As he witnesses the factionalism and violence that erupt as revolutionary ideals are subverted by ambition and greed, Bray is once again forced to choose sides, a choice that becomes both his triumph and his undoing.
A Guest of Honour features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
A Guest of Honour is available in Paperback
A Guest of Honour was written by Nadine Gordimer and published by Bloomsbury an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
A Guest of Honour has 504 pages
£7.19