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Sorcerers and Orange Peel by Ian Mathie (view source)
Revision as of 18:26, 20 February 2014
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I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a beautifully-polished narrative. Far too often, I review books where it’s clear that insufficient time spent editing newer authors’ writing is ''the'' major downfall of the work. It’s a real pleasure to read a book, for once, where the editing is as tight as the writing.
If you are interested in commercial development, I’d suggest looking at a present-day African entrepreneur’s difficulties in [[A Good African Story: How a Small Company Built a Global Coffee Brand by Andrew Rugasira]]. As an antidote to Ian Mathie’s necessarily dated story, a powerful contemporary novel is [[We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo]]. A difficult choice, but [[Bride Price by Ian Mathie]] is probably my favourite of his preceding four novelsbooks, because it also shows the author ‘going native’ in a good cause.
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