| Author: | Matthew Kneale | ISBN: | 9780307427793 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Anchor | Language: | English |
| Author: | Matthew Kneale |
| ISBN: | 9780307427793 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | December 18, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Anchor |
| Language: | English |
A well-intentioned English family unwittingly becomes complicit in state violence while traveling through China. A ploddingly respectable London lawyer chances upon a stash of cocaine and realizes it offers the wealth and status he's always hungered for. A salesman in Africa gets caught up in a riot, and a Palestinian suicide bomber has a moment of self-doubt. Kneale transports readers across continents in a nanosecond, reaching to the heart of faraway societies with rare perceptiveness. With wry humor and razor-sharp satire, these twelve thought-provoking stories illuminate the moral uncertainty of our time.
A well-intentioned English family unwittingly becomes complicit in state violence while traveling through China. A ploddingly respectable London lawyer chances upon a stash of cocaine and realizes it offers the wealth and status he's always hungered for. A salesman in Africa gets caught up in a riot, and a Palestinian suicide bomber has a moment of self-doubt. Kneale transports readers across continents in a nanosecond, reaching to the heart of faraway societies with rare perceptiveness. With wry humor and razor-sharp satire, these twelve thought-provoking stories illuminate the moral uncertainty of our time.
