description: Early one morning in 1899, in a small town along the coast from Mombasa, Hassanali sets out for the mosque. But that morning he never gets there, for out of the desert stumbles an Englishman who collapses at his feet. That man is Martin Pearce - writer, traveller and something of an Orientalist. He is taken to recuperate at
language: English
title: Desertion
titlecomplete: Desertion
genres: Fiction, African Literature, Romance, Literature, Nobel Prize, Novels, Tanzania, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 1143
publisher: TRAFALGAR SQUARE +