| A Good Man in Africa Contributor(s): Boyd, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400030021 ISBN-13: 9781400030026 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2003 Annotation: In the small African republic of Kinjanja, British diplomat Morgan Leafy bumbles heavily through his job. His love of women, his fondness for drink, and his loathing for the country prove formidable obstacles on his road to any kind of success. But when he becomes an operative in Operation Kingpin and is charged with monitoring the front runner in Kinjanja's national elections, Morgan senses an opportunity to achieve real professional recognition and, more importantly, reassignment. After he finds himself being blackmailed, diagnosed with a venereal disease, attempting bribery, and confounded with a dead body, Morgan realizes that very little is going according to plan. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003265737 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.26" W x 8.04" (0.59 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the small African republic of Kinjanja, British diplomat Morgan Leafy bumbles heavily through his job. His love of women, his fondness for drink, and his loathing for the country prove formidable obstacles on his road to any kind of success. But when he becomes an operative in Operation Kingpin and is charged with monitoring the front runner in Kinjanja's national elections, Morgan senses an opportunity to achieve real professional recognition and, more importantly, reassignment. After he finds himself being blackmailed, diagnosed with a venereal disease, attempting bribery, and confounded with a dead body, Morgan realizes that very little is going according to plan. |