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Overview: Robert Louis Stevenson has become accustomed to the intense colors and severe humidity of Samoa – as well as the uninhibited sensuality of its people. Yet his thoughts turn nostalgically back to his native Edinburgh after a chance encounter with the newly arrived Scots missionary, Mr. Baker. The stark contrast between Stevenson’s restrained past and the fecund sensuality of the island become a pivot point in Stevenson’s consciousness. Everything sours, though, when a young Samoan woman is raped and murdered; someone for whom Stevenson privately pined. The mysterious Mr. Baker presents himself at the center of the investigation as Stevenson suddenly becomes suspicious to his once-admiring islanders. With a playful nod to Stevenson’s lived-life and magnificent fictions, Manguel has weaved together a compelling tale among the palm trees of the South Pacific.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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