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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

Paperback • 2006 • English

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

By Peter Godwin

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About the book

Hailed by reviewers as "powerful,""haunting" and "a tour de force of personal journalism,"When A Crocodile Eats the Sun is the unforgettable story of one man's struggle to discover his past and come to terms with his present. Award winning author and journalist Peter Godwin writes with pathos and intimacy about Zimbabwe's spiral into chaos and, along with it, his family's steady collapse. This dramatic memoir is a searing portrait of unspeakable tragedy and exile, but it is also vivid proof of t...Show more

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ISBN

9781770100046

Publisher

picador

Published year

2006

Language

English

Original title

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

Format

Paperback

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