Title: The consul's wife
First published: 1998
Description: In The Consul's Wife, W.T. Tyler returns once more to Africa, specifically to the Congo, where his protagonist, Hugh Mathews, a young foreign service officer, must cope with his embassy's ineptitude and its shallow-thinking bureaucrats even as he comes to terms with the confusion of feuding tribes and rebel factions living in the timeless and all but impenetrable wilderness surrounding the capital.

Featuring a huge cast of characters - petty dictators, CIA operatives, a sorcerer who can summon lightning from the sky - and set during the era of America's increasing involvement in Vietnam half a world away, The Consul's Wife is also a love story of great power and resonance.
Subjects: Diplomats, Political fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction, Americans, Love stories, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, political, Fiction, romance, general, United states, fiction, Africa, fiction
Places: Congo (Democratic Republic), United States