Title: Africa’s Tarnished Name
Author: Chinua Achebe
Type: Non-Fiction
Page Count/Review Word Count: 58
Rating: 3.5/5
Chinua Achebe – Africa’s Tarnished Name
This is all about Achebe’s Africa and it’s therefore a fascinating snapshot of a developing continent. I particularly liked the way the author talked about Nigeria not as a mother or a father but as a child.
Chinua Achebe
Title: In Search of a Character
Author: Graham Greene
Type: Non-Fiction
Page Count/Review Word Count: 106
Rating: 8/10
Graham Greene – In Search of a Character
Wow, now this is the sort of book that doesn’t come around very often – the journal that Graham Greene kept during his visits to Africa, which was never meant for publication. Greene decided to turn it in to a book because it shows the thought process as he developed characters for two of his novels, A Burnt-Out Case and The Heart of the Matter, and it really makes for interesting reading whether you’ve read the novels or not, particularly for writers.
Graham Greene
