Czekoladowy Zbawiciel

by Christopher Hope

Bella is a teenage chocolate addict who lives in an idyllic village in France with her aristocratic grandmother. Her eccentric life is shaken by the sudden appearance of a deposed African leader, an urbane man with a reputation for intense cruelty, who develops a strong interest in her. Bella is a teenage chocolate addict who lives in an idyllic village in France with her aristocratic grandmother. Her eccentric life is shaken by the sudden appearance of a deposed African leader, an urbane man with a reputation for intense cruelty, who develops a strong interest in her.

Genres: Fiction

293 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

He studied at universities of Witwatersrand and Natal. He is an author of poems and novels, also published autobiography, biography of Robert Mugabe, dictator of Zimbabwe, and travel book Moscow! Moscow!, which he got prestige PEN Award. Debut novel A Separate Development (1981), satire on apartheid system, forbidden in South Africa, got the David Higham Prize for Fiction.

Reviews

[Nikki Schiannini · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a staple of my seventeen year old self. Bizarre and erudite and dreaming....

[Barbara Joan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too many list-like bits, too many descriptions of clothing etc. etc. but in it's favour, an unusual and quirky story line.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I LOVE a weird plot and this definitely has that!! At points I was laughing out loud, at other points I really wish this book had a faster pace. I found it tricky to get into the style of writing but I enjoyed the story and the main character, Bella.

[Helen Woods · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pleasingly peculiar.