Polygamy: a Novel

by Gaye Shortland

Set in Nigeria and the Sahara, the heroine is an Irish pilgrim who was once a reckless, rueful, angry, perceptive adventurer. The story tells of her attempt to join another culture which all but destroyed her heroic character.

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Carolee Weber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this for African book group. Set in Nigeria and Niger. A novel about an Irish woman who was a university lecturer and got involved with Tuaregs living there, displaced from their nomadic life in the desert. Learned a little about Tuareg culture, but sometimes the book felt like a harlequin romance novel. I was frustrated by the central character, Kate and her obsessive affair with a married Tuareg man. I think the book was mis-named.

[Linda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Could not finish