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– I started reading this book and finished it in around 12 days. Intrestingly this book takes you on a journey across the fate of a people and a nation. It has lots of violence but then Zimbabwe has has been a violent place. Ralph's homophobia was distressing and his brothers suicide in the book was unnerving. What i like the most is the manipulation of characters by the authour. They seem so real but at the same time so unreal. He tries to end the book in "all well that ends well" spirit. However i should say that its one of his best works that i ever read. When it comes to Africa, Smith sure knows how to write.