{"product_id":"the-eye-of-the-leopard-9781595585684","title":"The Eye of the Leopard","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the creator of the acclaimed Kurt Wallander series: A thrilling story set in Sweden and Zambia “told with heart-stopping tension” (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Interweaving past and present, \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e draws on bestselling author Henning Mankell’s deep understanding of both Scandinavia and post-colonial Africa.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Hans Olofson arrives in Zambia in the 1970s, at the start of its independence. There, he hopes to fulfill the missionary dream of a boyhood friend who was unable to make the journey. But he is also there to flee the traumas of his motherless childhood in provincial Sweden: his father’s alcoholism, his best friend’s terrible accident, his fear of an ordinary and stifled fate. Africa is a terrible shock, yet he stays and makes it his home.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In all his years as a \u003ci\u003emzungu\u003c\/i\u003e, a wealthy white man among native blacks, he never comes to fully understand his adoptive home, or his precarious place in it. Rumors of an underground army of revolutionaries wearing leopard skins warn him that the fragile truce between blacks and whites is in danger of rupturing.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Alternating between Hans’s years in Africa and those of his youth in Sweden, \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e is a bravura achievement and a study in contrasts—black and white, poor and wealthy, Africa and Europe—both sinister and elegiac.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Mankell’s novels are a joy.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A fascinating novel . . . [the] prose is powerful, and the narrative of \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e is profound.” —\u003ci\u003eBookReporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A thought-provoking, multilayered novel whose themes will challenge and linger.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Courier Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Mankell is a master of atmosphere and suspense.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Mankell’s novels are the best Swedish export since flatpack furniture.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Beautiful, heartbreaking, yet ultimately hopeful . . . A powerful exploration of the stresses and challenges of freedom.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Henning Mankell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283745517819,"sku":"9781595585684","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_907974f4-7889-4cbd-8b2d-22ac3cc46d76.jpg?v=1776373939","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-eye-of-the-leopard-9781595585684","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}