Sayonara is a beautiful Indian prostitute of Tora, a city in the Colombian forest. Once a month the oil riggers of the Tropical Oil Company descend upon the city, where Sayonara is a legend and no one is immune to her charms. Sayonara rules their squalid paradise like a queen, until one day - against the sage advice of her 'Godmother' - she violates the unwritten rules of her profession by falling in love with a man she can never have. Sayonara's unrequited passion has tragic consequences not only for herself, but for all those whose lives ultimately depend on the Tropical Oil Company. A lush romantic novel about the world of prostitutes in Barrancaberma, Colombia, inspired by historical events. Full of tragedy and compassion, THE DARK BRIDE lovingly recreates the lusty, heartrending world of Colombian prostitutes and the men of the oil fields who are entranced by them.
- ISBN10 0385604491
- ISBN13 9780385604499
- Publish Date 3 February 2003 (first published 20 August 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 February 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Doubleday
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English