The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett - a review

7th March 2007 with 1 Comment

A sample:
He raises a finger and points to something approaching from the same direction we have come. The road is shimmering with mirages. The ocean of yellow elephant grass around the village is limitless and still. I shade my eyes and see an open-topped limousine in which a man stands as though in a chariot. [...]

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