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Some Kind of Grace
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Some Kind of Grace
A diplomat returns to Afghanistan to find his missing friends — and finds a mystery the authorities are determined to bury.
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About the Ebook
Two British travellers, Donald Kemp and Margaret Duncan, have disappeared in the wild mountainous region of northern Afghanistan; a terrain into which western Europeans seldom penetrate. The authorities in Kabul say that they have been murdered by the inhabitants of a small and primitive village and that retribution has already been exacted in the form of wholesale reprisals. John McLeod, a friend of the missing couple who has spent some years in Afghanistan as a diplomat, is deeply suspicious of these explanations. He returns to Kabul and starts his own enquiries, but everywhere he is met with obstruction and evasion, though McLeod is deterred neither by the devious courtesies of local officials nor by the discreet negations of his own embassy. The quest becomes an obsession in which physical pursuit is linked with a personal desire to discover the truth of Donald and Margaret's whole strange relationship.Why You'll Love This Ebook
- A taut, psychologically rich thriller set in the mountains of northern Afghanistan
- An obsessive quest combining physical pursuit with a desperate desire for truth
- From the author of The Cone Gatherers: a master of moral complexity
- Read another celebrated title from Polygon - an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
About the Author
Robin Jenkins was born in 1912. He studied at Glasgow University and travelled and worked in Spain, Afghanistan and Borneo. He is the author of over twenty novels, including the acclaimed Fergus Lamont and The Cone Gatherers. In 2003 he was awarded a Saltire Award for Life-time Achievement. He died in 2005.Publication Details
Publisher: Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Ltd)
Publication Date: 01 July 2011
Print Length: 240 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9780857901057
Format: Ebook
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