The Book Of Secrets

When Pius Fernandes, a retired schoolteacher living in modern day Dar es Salaam, discovers a diary of a British colonial administrator from 1913, he is drawn into a provocative account of the Asian community of East Africa, and the liaisons, feelings and secrets of its people, over the course of a century.

When Pius Fernandes, a retired schoolteacher living in modern day Dar es Salaam, discovers a diary of a British colonial administrator from 1913, he is drawn into a provocative account of the Asian community of East Africa, and the liaisons, feelings and secrets of its people, over the course of a century.

Part generational history, part detective story, part social chronicle, M.G. Vassanji''s award-winning novel magnificently conjures setting and period as it explores notions of identity and exile.

• | Author: M.G. Vassanji
• | Publisher: Canongate Books
• | Publication Date: Feb 23, 2006
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781841956862
• | ISBN-10: 1841956864