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I read this book almost in one sitting as it was just too good to put down. Along with the vivid storytelling and exotic setting, I really enjoyed the writer's craftsmanship. Each sentence is funny, tragic, haunting - or a combination of all three, and each sentence moves the story forward with efficiency.
It's been two weeks since I finished Whiteman and I'm still thinking about The Ivory Coast and the spellbinding way it was portrayed in this novel.
just a factoid - the Peace Corps is not an NGO, but a US Government agency!
"Adama's love life, it must be said, is much like that of the average American male in his 20s: flailing, contradictory and unconsidered"
Really? Is that line supposed to evince "cool, lit chick, snark" or what exactly?
