This novel, set in an African country, Banguniland, with diversions to America and other countries, attempts to exploit 1950s political and social mores. The narrator, son of a journalist who disappeared in Africa in 1959, tells the story of his attempt to unravel the mystery of his father's ill-fated expedition.
- ISBN10 0394575121
- ISBN13 9780394575124
- Publish Date 29 April 1989 (first published 19 September 1988)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Random House (NY)
- Edition American ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Language English