A Girl from Zanzibar by Roger King

Madeline DeFrees recommends
A Girl from Zanzibar, a novel by Roger King: “London-born novelist Roger King, an immigrant to the U.S. with extensive experience on four continents, writes an absorbing tale of international intrigue in our increasingly globalized world. As an agricultural economist, largely in African countries, King worked for various United Nations agencies during the eighties. The heroine of his novel leaves Zanzibar for London, which turns out to be more dangerous than she had imagined. The story explores cultural identity, immigration, displacement, and the search for home. This suspense-filled story of one woman’s search for identity has political and historical ramifications that make a much wider contribution to understanding the world we live in.” (Books & Co.)