1903, and Captain Lalande Biran, overseeing a garrison on the banks of the Congo, has an ambition: to amass a fortune and return to the literary caf s of Paris. His glamorous wife Christine has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad.At the Captain s side are an ex-legionnaire womaniser, and a servile, treacherous man who dreams of running a brothel. At their hands the jungle is transformed into a wild circus of human ambition and absurdity. But everything changes with the arrival of a new officer and brilliant marksman: the enigmatic Chrysostome Li ge.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781409028260 ● Translator Margaret Jull Costa ● Publisher Random House ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2763965 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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