An edition of The catastrophist
(1998)
The catastrophist
a novel
by Ronan Bennett
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A romance between two journalists in 1960s Africa disintegrates over politics. She is an Italian who supports the Congolese war of independence against Belgium, he is an Irishman who sides with the whites. She takes a black lover, he a white one. A study in decolonization by an Irish writer.
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The Catastrophist : A Novel
September 19, 2000, Simon & Schuster
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- 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction Ed edition
0684870363 9780684870366
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