From the Harper Perennial paperback edition:
"In the heart of a civil war-torn African
nation, primate researcher Hope Clearwater made a shocking discovery about apes
and man. . . .
Young, alone, and
far from her family in Britain,
Hope Clearwater contemplates the extraordinary events that left her washed up
like driftwood on Brazzaville
Beach. It is here, on the
distant, lonely outskirts of Africa, where she
must come to terms with the perplexing and troubling circumstances of her
recent past. For Hope is a survivor of the devastating cruelties of apes and
humans alike. And to move forward, she must first grasp some hard and elusive
truths: about marriage and madness, about the greed and savagery of charlatan
science, and about what compels seemingly benign creatures to kill for pleasure
alone."
For information on author William Boyd, please click here to go to his site.
We will meet to discuss Brazzaville Beach on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 7pm at the Atlantic Highlands Branch of the Monmouth County Library, located at 100 First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands. (Inside Borough Hall).
