The Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories
Written in the '40s, these eight fictions and West with the Night comprise Markham's known written work. "About horses, flying and romance, the early autobiographical stories in particular are vivid with details of African custom and landscape gleaned from the author's early life in Kenya," wrote PW , but the volume's more commercial tales are less satisfying .Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.