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Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma
Author(s): Unknown (Author)
- Publisher: JONATHAN BALL PUBLISHERS
- Publication Date: 1 April 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 1 pages
- ISBN-10: 186842460X
- ISBN-13: 9781868424603
Book Description
Teddington is a man on the make and, after inadvertently delivering a busload of opposition politicians to Harares chief psychiatric facility, he is rewarded with a farm by top war veteran Hitler Jesus. Not far away at The William Westward Childrens Home, the director and his ginger-haired sidekick struggle to feed and clothe the multitude of orphans until they chance upon, of all things, a moth exporting business. When Teddingtons farm can no longer support his spiralling ambitions, he turns his attentions to the well-run and now prosperous orphanage. Enter bogus goblin-catcher and con-man extraordinaire Cuthbert Kambazuma. Does he have the power to keep Teddington and the Green Bombers at bay, or will the orphanage fall into their rapacious hands? Chris Wadman has written a novel of startling originality. In the best tradition of political satire, he combines humour and tragedy, and introduces a cast of characters that run riot across the near lunacy of the Zimbabwean landscape.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This is an exceptional novel: funny, warm, moving, hard-hitting, true, magical, uplifting.” – Finuala Dowling
About the Author
Chris Wadman was born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. He attended high school in Kwazulu-Natal, and studied English and Law at UCT. He has worked across Africa including in Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria and Angola. He lives in Johannesburg with his wife and son. This is his first novel.
