Chet Aeschliman

Son of Paul

Fiction

“For anyone wanting a novel giving a realistic portrait of life in Africa, this book is it. It is chuck-full of local knowledge and phrases in English, Pidgin English, French, Portuguese, and Swahili, which makes this story so real, especially to someone like me who has been down many of the same roads. . . . John and I are friends, but even if we weren’t, I would still tell everyone that this is the best damned novel I’ve read in years, and when it’s published, I’ll probably buy it and read it again. It’s just so rich in the real texture of life in Africa.”