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Dopo aver conosciuto un successo travolgente, lo scrittore Craig Mellow si sente inaridito. Vive sul suo yacht ormeggiato al porto e perde tempo nella grande New York, così lontana dalla sua Africa. Laggiù, le grandi proprietà della sua famiglia sono perdute. I ricordi degli avi, che avevano vissuto per più di un secolo con il fucile a portata di mano, in un trionfo di diamanti, oro e avorio... sì, perfino i ricordi con cui egli ha costruito il suo primo romanzo sembrano svaniti. Così, quando la World Bank gli propone di tornare in patria per una missione dalla quale potrebbe anche nascere l'ispirazione (e il coraggio) per un nuovo romanzo, Craig riesce a vincere le incertezze che pervadono la sua vita e parte. Dopo la rivoluzione, la sua patria africana ha cambiato il regime politico. Ovviamente hanno cambiato colore anche gli appetiti internazionali che mirano alle ricchezze di quella terra meravigliosa. Alla World Bank gli avevano detto che sarebbe bastato tenere gli occhi aperti e riferire: invece sulla sua strada si parano - amici e nemici - Tungata Zebiwe e Peter Fungabera, due ministri del nuovo regime, due leopardi in caccia nella notte. E passo dopo passo Craig si vede sprofondare in una travolgente avventura che fa vorticare attorno a lui, come in un caleidoscopio impazzito, avidi politici e feroci guerriglieri, la World Bank americana e i servizi segreti sovietici, le tremende armi della più moderna tecnologia e i tesori dell'antica civiltà africana. Per fortuna, c'è l'appassionata Sally-Anne a incrociare il suo destino: una donna che si rivelerà assai più di una formidabile e intrepida fotografa amante della natura.
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- ISBN: 8830405337
- Casa Editrice: Longanesi
- Pagine: 392
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As the Ballantyne series comes to a close, Smith pulls out all the stops to tell a riveting and powerful story, set in the mid to late 1980s. After fleeing the country during its independence wars, Craig Mellow wants to return to the newly named Zimbabwe. While in exile of sorts, Mellow has written
blurb - Craig Mellow, acclaimed author but unhappy exile, seizes the chance to return to Zimbabwe when he is given a spying mission for the World Bank. Accompanied by beautiful photographer Sally-Anne Jay, he is at first unaware of the dangerous currents of tribal conflict that swirl below the calm
A splendid, hard-knuckle African thriller from Wilbur Smith, and a fitting climax to his Ballantyne quadrilogy of novels. THE LEOPARD HUNTS IN DARKNESS dispenses with the historical background and instead delivers a gutsy, then modern (1980s setting) thriller loaded with blood and guts action. The he Leggi tutto
I really love Wilbur Smith books, they're so involved. This is #4 in a little series he had, and I am pretty sure I did not read the first three, but it was easy to read this as a stand-alone novel. His series are not usually very dependent on one another. This book took me a while to read because I Leggi tutto
An excellent read into the history of Zimbabwe though at times it (the description) does become overbearing on the story itself. The descriptions are vivid and beautiful. The words bring alive the entire wild life sanctuary. I could almost feel the thrill and felt that i was there in the wild. This
Another great story from Wilbur Smith involving African Shona and Matabele tribes and tribal wars. The Ballantyne families descendant, Craig Mellow is determined to get his families property back by working hard and employing members of the African tribes, many of whom he remembered. Craig is a grea Leggi tutto
This is my third Wilbur Smith novel that I have read. Book has virtually no dull spots, moves very briskly through the story but not too fast. It's and old-fashioned adventure yarn with plenty of action, especially the many treks through the jungle trying evade capture by the main characters. I woul Leggi tutto
Modern Africa, oftentimes a pawn of superpowers and their proxy wars, is well illustrated in this next installment of the Ballantyne saga. Interestingly this episode has a much smaller cast of characters compared to the previous sprawling historical works, and meanders in some unnecessary directions Leggi tutto
I am completely hooked to Smith now! He really knows Africa which makes his book special. This is another one in the series where we get to know how Zimbabwe started evolving post independence. The severe hatred among the various tribes which was not so visible in colonial days comes to the forefron Leggi tutto
You can almost smell the African savannah when reading Wilbur Smith books. This is set in the early 1980s, when it was written and reflects the post-independence turmoil of white people, especially farmers in Zimbabwe. It took a while to like Craig, the hero and also to believe that someone with a 19 Leggi tutto
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