The book of secrets
Asians
Diary fiction
Africa, fiction
Immigrants
Historical fiction
New York Times reviewed
Fiction, general
History
Fiction
Like the novels of Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee, and Ben Okri, The Book of Secrets concerns Africa - in this case, the Asian community of East Africa, a rich nexus of English, Arab, Indian, and African cultures. The novel begins in 1988 when the 1913 diary of Alfred Corbin, a British colonial admin…
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