White Highlands
McGhie, John2018
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Kenya, 1952, a colony on the edge. Settlers drink sundowners on the veranda but the servants can't be trusted. Beyond manicured lawns, in the dark of the forest, freedom is stirring. Johnny Seymour has seen too much war and seeks solace photographing East African wildlife. But when isolated white families are slaughtered by Mau Mau gangs, the British respond brutally and Johnny is reluctantly pulled into the horror. After his African driver Macharia disappears, Johnny is forced to confront shocking truths about his own country and ask how far he'll go to help a friend. Nearly sixty years later, disgraced young barrister Sam Seymour knows nothing about her grandfather. Even his name is taboo. All she understands is that Johnny did something so awful that his only son - her father - had to be rescued from Kenya.
Main title:
White Highlands / John McGhie.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Abacus, 2018.London : Abacus, 2018.
Collation:
420 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2017.
ISBN:
9780349142357 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
2040624