A Good Man in Africa

Escapee from suburbia, overweight, oversexed …

Morgan Leafy isn’t overburdened with worldly success. Actually, he is refreshingly free from it. But then, as a representative of Her Britannic Majesty in tropical Kinjanja, it was not very constructive of him to get involved in wholesale bribery. Nor was it exactly oiling his way up the ladder to hunt down the improbably pointed breasts of his boss’s daughter when officially banned from horizontal delights by a nasty dose …

Falling back on his deep-laid reserves of misanthropy and guile, Morgan has to fight off the sea of humiliation, betrayal and ju-ju that threatens to wash over him.

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This is a wildly funny novel, rich in witty prose and raucous incidents . . . without qualification, a delight.” –The Washington Post

“Entertaining and successful . . . a champion storyteller. His prose style is intelligent, vigorous and pleasant.” –The New York Times Book Review

“Comic realism echoing Evelyn Waugh . . . nimbly plotted, gracefully written . . . Boyd had endowed British fiction with a welcome depth and liveliness.” –New York Newsday

“A gutsy writer . . . William Boyd is good company to keep.” –Time