The Resource White highlands, John McGhie
White highlands, John McGhie
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The item White highlands, John McGhie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- Kenya, 1952, a colony on the edge. Settlers drink sundowners on the veranda but the servants can't be trusted. Beyond manicured lawns, in the dark of the forest, freedom is stirring. Johnny Seymour has seen too much war and seeks solace photographing East African wildlife. But when isolated white families are slaughtered by Mau Mau gangs, the British respond brutally and Johnny is reluctantly pulled into the horror. After his African driver Macharia disappears, Johnny is forced to confront shocking truths about his own country and ask how far he'll go to help a friend. Nearly sixty years later, disgraced young barrister Sam Seymour knows nothing about her grandfather. Even his name is taboo. All she understands is that Johnny did something so awful that his only son - her father - had to be rescued from Kenya. Now as veteran Mau Mau fighters demand reparations for past sins, she's been offered a chance to unpeel history and discover why. In a twin narrative spanning the generations, White Highlands follows Sam and Johnny as they confront the might of the British state. One man stands in both their way - Grogan Littleboy, a ruthless colonial survivor who'll do anything to defeat Mau Mau, past and present. A literary thriller and epic love story, White Highlands sheds powerful light on the murky and violent history of imperialism
- Language
- eng
- Label
- White highlands
- Title
- White highlands
- Statement of responsibility
- John McGhie
- Subject
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- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Mau Mau -- Fiction
- Imperialism -- British -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Political atrocities -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
- Photographers -- Fiction
- Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Lawyers -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration -- Fiction
- National liberation movements -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- British -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Kenya -- Colonial influence -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- Kenya -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- Kenya -- Fiction
- Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 -- Atrocities -- Fiction
- Reconciliation -- Fiction
- Granddaughters -- Fiction
- Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Kenya, 1952, a colony on the edge. Settlers drink sundowners on the veranda but the servants can't be trusted. Beyond manicured lawns, in the dark of the forest, freedom is stirring. Johnny Seymour has seen too much war and seeks solace photographing East African wildlife. But when isolated white families are slaughtered by Mau Mau gangs, the British respond brutally and Johnny is reluctantly pulled into the horror. After his African driver Macharia disappears, Johnny is forced to confront shocking truths about his own country and ask how far he'll go to help a friend. Nearly sixty years later, disgraced young barrister Sam Seymour knows nothing about her grandfather. Even his name is taboo. All she understands is that Johnny did something so awful that his only son - her father - had to be rescued from Kenya. Now as veteran Mau Mau fighters demand reparations for past sins, she's been offered a chance to unpeel history and discover why. In a twin narrative spanning the generations, White Highlands follows Sam and Johnny as they confront the might of the British state. One man stands in both their way - Grogan Littleboy, a ruthless colonial survivor who'll do anything to defeat Mau Mau, past and present. A literary thriller and epic love story, White Highlands sheds powerful light on the murky and violent history of imperialism
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McGhie, John
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mau Mau
- Political atrocities
- Families
- Imperialism
- Lawyers
- Photographers
- Imperialism
- National liberation movements
- Grandfathers
- Granddaughters
- British
- Reconciliation
- Family secrets
- Kenya
- Kenya
- Kenya
- Great Britain
- Kenya
- Kenya
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- White highlands, John McGhie
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
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- sti
- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059784427
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408708552
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951227281
- Label
- White highlands, John McGhie
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059784427
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408708552
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)951227281
Subject
- British -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Granddaughters -- Fiction
- Grandfathers -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration -- Fiction
- Imperialism -- British -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Imperialism -- Social aspects -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Kenya -- Colonial influence -- Fiction
- Kenya -- Fiction
- Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 -- Atrocities -- Fiction
- Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 -- Fiction
- Kenya -- Social conditions -- Fiction
- Lawyers -- Fiction
- Mau Mau -- Fiction
- National liberation movements -- Kenya -- Fiction
- Photographers -- Fiction
- Political atrocities -- Kenya -- History -- 20th century
- Reconciliation -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
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