The custom of the country
By: Nicholas Wright
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Copyright date: 2015
Description: Missionary Paul Du Boys is engaged to local girl, Tendai. However, custom dictates that the Chief is permitted to sleep with the bride on her wedding night. In order to escape, they elope. During a raid on their new quarters, Tendai falls into the hands of Dr Jameson who brings her to a house of ill repute run by Daisy. Meanwhile, Jameson's brother Roger, a previous lover of Daisy's, finds himself on the receiving end of some psychotic jealousy from young Willem, another lover of Daisy's, who Roger shoots in self-defence. He finds safety in the arms of Willem's unsuspecting mother, Henrietta. When Paul comes looking for his wife, Daisy falls in love with him setting the stage for a romantic battle of wills.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Methuen, 1983.