The In-Between World Of Vikram Lall

'Belonging in a category with Tolstoy's War and Peace, Vassanji's saga is sweeping in scope . . . brilliant'- Janette Turner Hospital in The Globe and Mail

Sweeping in scope, both historically and geographically, Vassanji weaves a rich tapestry of vivid characters (real and imagined) in a Kenya poised between colonialism and independence.

Vikram Lall, like his adopted country, inhabits an ''in-between world'': between the pull of his ancestral home in India and the Kenya he loves passionately; between his tragic past in Africa and an unclear future in Canada; between escape from political terror and a seemingly inevitable return home . . . a return that may cost him dearly.

A master storyteller, Vassanji intertwines the political and the personal - the rise of the Mau Mau in the last days of colonialism looms large over a plot centring on two love stories and a deep friendship. The result is a sumptuous novel that brilliantly explores the tyranny of history and memory, and questions the individual''s role and responsibility in lawless times.

• | Author: M.G. Vassanji
• | Publisher: Canongate Books
• | Publication Date: Jun 02, 2005
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781841956060
• | ISBN-10: 1841956066