Shame

Most of us have a plan. Somewhere to go if something awful happens. Pilgrim Jones doesn''t. She looks up at a departures board and takes the first flight. She alights on the edge of Africa. Over confessions and strong gin, she''s lured into a world of mercenaries and philanthropists, delusional heroes and witchdoctors in polyester suits.

But what about the beating absence, the thing she''s done? SHAME is a novel about a world out of time, about magic and chance, Europe and Africa, learning to live and living to learn. It will transport you from diplomatic dinners to a land where fireflies light the sky, and a desolate, magical coastline where anything - anything - might happen. SHAME will change you.