The Viceroy of Ouidah. - Bruce Chatwin
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Bruce Chatwin’s debut novel: “Conrad’s Heart of Darkness seen through a microscope” (The Atlantic)In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's wealth and sanity...
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Original brown boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, b/w map on endpapers, 8vo.; Foxed on top. [Auteur: Chatwin, Bruce] [Pagina's: 155] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: London : Jonathan Cape] [Jaar: 1980] [Titel: The Viceroy of Ouidah]