En route to a golden future as one of France's greatest geologists, Jacques Deprat was suddenly accused of fraud and plunged into a desperate fight to save his reputation. Deprat, thrown out of science, re-invents himself, changes his name and begins a new life. This book recreates the hothouse atmosphere of colonial Indo-china, and among the cliques, the rivalries and the nepotism the text attempts to disentangle the scientific and moral truths of the affair.
- ISBN10 0712665676
- ISBN13 9780712665674
- Publish Date 2 November 2000 (first published 7 October 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 August 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Pimlico
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 256
- Language English