Eleven American tourists on an art expedition to Burma simply disappear. What happens to them is narrated by the ghost of the woman who organised the tour but died bizarrely on the eve of their departure. It's a tale of naivety and corruption, good and bad intentions, tyranny and humanity which veers rather uneasily between comedy and tragedy and has too many characters who seem like prototypes. Worth reading but wait for the paperback.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 34 April 2006 ) |
