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name: N. Caraway
about: N Caraway was born in Cambridge in 1957 and studied at Cambridge University, where he read mediaeval and modern languages, specializing in Dostoievsky and Latin American literature. Before going to university he worked as a volunteer teacher in a rural school in Kenya, an experience which eventually set the course of his life. He has worked for a variety of development agencies mostly in Africa and Asia. In 2002 he moved to Nairobi to work for the United Nations in South Sudan. This was during the last years of the conflict between government and rebel forces of the Sudan People's Liberation Army. The UN operated a relief operation by air, using a network of small landing strips spread across a vast landscape without roads or electricity. T N Caraway was born in Cambridge in 1957 and studied at Cambridge University, where he read mediaeval and modern languages, specializing in Dostoievsky and Latin American literature. Before going to university he worked as a volunteer teacher in a rural school in Kenya, an experience which eventually set the course of his life. He has worked for a variety of development agencies mostly in Africa and Asia. In 2002 he moved to Nairobi to work for the United Nations in South Sudan. This was during the last years of the conflict between government and rebel forces of the Sudan People's Liberation Army. The UN operated a relief operation by air, using a network of small landing strips spread across a vast landscape without roads or electricity. This landscape provides the background for his first novel 'The Humanitarian', published in 2012His second novel,'The Manneken Pis' is set in Brussels, inspired by the grotesque pageantry of the Balloon Day parade. A new edition of The Humanitarian came out on June 23rd 2014 in response to criticism of the large number of typos and other editorial faults in the first edition. Hopefully more people will read and enjoy it without the irritation of minor spelling mistakes and other distractions to spoil the experience. The story and dialogues have not been altered. Meanwhile, some of the characters who people the fringes of the novel continue to wreak mayhem in the place where it is set. The location Boma remains classified as off limits on the latest UN maps. ...more