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Polygamy: a Novel
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
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September 30, 2012
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.
August 14, 2013
Could not finish
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