Seeing Double by Patrick Wilmot

by Patrick Wilmot

With caustic humour and keen observation, set in a fictional West African country, Seeing Double is a satire that manages to be uncompromising in its analysis of world events and the African continent, without ever sacrificing plot or characterization.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Akon · Rating 5 out of 5]

i recommend this book to everyone! its hilarious and reads like a eulogy to all our heroes fallen under the curse of politics/dictatorship (r. ouko, ken saro wiwa, sankara etc). the ruler of niagra could very well be a combination of a number of african dictators- amin, abacha, mobutu etc. The thing i liked most about this book is that it intersperses fact with fiction- hence sometimes you are not quite sure if events described happened in reality or is a figment of wilmot's imagination. that's the mark of good satire.