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Brazzaville Beach

By: William Boyd
Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner
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WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE

On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater ponders the strange circumstances that led her to leave her husband John, and his mathematical obsessions, in England and venture to Africa to help world-renowned scientist Eugene Mallabar with his studies of wild chimps.

But the more Hope studies Mallabar, the more she comes to believe that something isn't right. That behind Mallabar, and his obsessive work, there lies another, more sinister truth: one that might also help explain Hope's reasons for leaving England . . .

'A brilliant storyteller . . . a book which stretches, tantalizes and delights' Financial Times

'A most extraordinary parable about mankind. Quite unlike anything else I have read' Sunday Express

'Brilliant, daring. A gripping and compulsive story' Herald

'Hilarious and edgy' Sunday Times

© William Boyd 1990 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

 Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Fiction Africa Suspense
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As a primatologist myself, I found this book thoroughly enjoyable and weirdly relatable and not at all cringe (like some others in this genre). The narration is wonderful and soothing and the story and characters are excellent.

Entertaining and well researched

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