TUCIDIDES

A post-9/11 literary spy thriller from the National Book Awardwinning author of Tree of SmokeRoland Nair calls himself Scandinavian but travels on a U.S. passport. After ten years absence, he returns to Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, to reunite with his friend Michael Adriko. They once made a lot of money here during the countrys civil war, and, curious to see whether good luck will strike twice in the same place, Nair allows himself to be drawn back to a region he considers hopeless. Adriko is an African w ho styles hi...[Read more]