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We Are All Zimbabweans Now:
SHORTLISTED FOR POTENTIAL SCREEN ADAPTATIONAT BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL!!!
“one of my three best reads of this year.”
Janet van Eeden, Natal Witness, 2009
Click here to read interview article with the author in London Times.
Click here to read text of talk by James Kilgore at Univ. of Illinois.
“A fascinating book . . . cleverly written, not overly sentimental and manages to capture the vibe of Zimbabwe in the early 1980s. Most Zimbabweans will recognise themselves in the novel; their mannerisms, their quirkiness and, well, their "Zimbabweanness" pour out from the pages...one of the most important books about Zimbabwe “ Percy Zvomuya, Weekly Mail and Guardian
“The book is fast-paced and funny, extolling two literary virtues often missing on the Left. It is a good read—the work of a great storyteller. But it is also an invaluable object lesson—the work of a committed activist.”
Frank B. Wilderson III, author of Incognegro, Winner of American Book Award, 2008
“A real life thriller written by someone with first hand experience of being a revolutionary.” Drum Magazine, Johannesburg
“Through exquisite storytelling, this novel captures the heroism involved in a people struggling for freedom from colonialism, especially the uncelebrated women; then there's the darker reality of nation building and abuse of power rooted in that very struggle.”
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra War.
“Powerful ...even if you’re not as passionate about Zimbabwe’s politics as Kilgore’s lead character and history buff Dabney is, it’s equally fulfilling to read his debut novel not as a historical drama, but as the brutally honest account of a man feeling like an outsider in a country fraught with contradictions.” Natalie Bosman, The Citizen
“An impressive debut and a first-rate politico-historical literary thriller, this book is informative, thought-provoking, well-written and, best of all, entertaining. “ Aubrey Paton, Sunday Times reviewer, posted to Library Thing
“A compelling story...the present prefigured in a recent past” Jeremy Cronin, former political prisoner Deputy Minister of Transport, South Africa
“an unputdownable work of great compassion, insight, subtlety, humour ...What a story....an extraordinary book of those times.” Colleen Higgs, Publisher Modjaji Books, Cape Town
“James Kilgore has written a layered detective novel that looks deep into the bitter failure of Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe.” Barry Ronge, Sunday Times, Johannesburg
“Highly readable …(I) wanted to finish it as quickly as possible” John Maytham, Cape Talk Radio
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