The consul's wife: a novel
Littérature générale (romans), Intrigue amoureuse
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Résumé
The Congo, 1970s. Recently assigned to Africa, Hugh Mathews, a vagabond foreign service officer, becomes engrossed in native life. At the embassy, however, his coworkers are more interested in politics and cocktail parties. But the consul's wife, Blakey Ogden, shares… Mathews's interest in the interior's culture. The two soon fall in love and plunge into an affair. 1998.