Contemporary
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Tomorrow is Another Life is a thrilling, satirical adventure story, which takes you into an African wonderland called Mutabe where nothing makes sense and the truth reinvents itself daily, if not more often.
Leon, a 30 year old Mutabese refrigeration engineer, was brought to the UK as a baby by his aid worker parents. He’s just been left by his partner. He’s broke. He’s lost his job, he’s lost his furniture and he’s about to lose his flat. A knock on the door heralds an unexpected visitor; the immaculately dressed Mr Bankole. Bankole tells Leon that his adoptive parents were British agents who kidnapped him, and that he is, in fact, the grandson of Chief Onagaku, leader of the Tribal Lands, and first president of Mutabe after independence from the British. Now Mutabe is suffering under the yoke of the despotic Oblanga. The people are primed to revolt and free themselves. All they need is a figurehead. All they need is Leon.
Bankole asks Leon to accompany him back to Mutabe without delay. Bankole doesn’t know it, but there could be a problem. Leon is gay and homosexuality is a capital offence in Mutabe.
Here's what readers have to say about this book....
Tomorrow is another Life By John muyiwa
Excellent read. Involving and unpredictable plot with many twists. Really well written with a lot of research behind it giving it a depth that you would not expect from a novel. I would highly recommend
Enjoyable exaggerated romp with an element of how the real world works. Enjoyed it.
Some sensitive modern challenges are addressed in this book, which offers great characters and quite a complex plot. The pace was, at times, uneven, but overall I found myself so engrossed in the twists and turns that it didn't really matter. A different sort of book for people who like books which offer amazing characters and sharp dialogue.
Power-grabs, corruption and a society where nothing works without American dollars to oil the machine, Mutabe is a nation in a mess and desperately in need of a strong, new leader. Could that person be Leon Cartwright, a wimpy fridge engineer coasting through a bland existence in suburban England? Unlikely as it seems, Leon appears to be the grandson and only heir of Chief Onagaku, founder of the nation and its first president. He is also their last hope. Poor old Leon will have to dig dip within himself to sort out all the warring factions: the malfunctioning facilities in his hotel bathroom are the least of his worries. No-one knows who is working for who, or in fact who is really pulling the strings. Whoever they are, they are keen to get rid of Leon. The setting is a fictional African country whose leaders are cruel and preposterous, but, like all great satires, it could so easily be true. If you enjoyed Evelyn Waugh's Scoop, this book will definitely shake you off your sofa!
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