'Poor Mercy is a vivid, engrossing work of fiction' -- Michel Faber, The Guardian'An unusual love story told with insight and tenderness, it is studded with beautifully observed descriptions of place' -- Jennie Renton, Scottish Review of Books'Poor...
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'Poor Mercy is a vivid, engrossing work of fiction' -- Michel Faber, The Guardian'An unusual love story told with insight and tenderness, it is studded with beautifully observed descriptions of place' -- Jennie Renton, Scottish Review of Books'Poor Mercy fulfils an important function, preserving a wretched moment in history, giving substance to events that would otherwise soon be forgotten in favour of the next humanitarian crisis' -- Claudia Pugh-Thomas, TLSSet in Darfur, this novel is a dramatic and tragic story of an improbable love between two people caught up in an African famine: Mogga a
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; Maps; PREFACE; PART ONE : The Burnt Hands; ONE; TWO; PART TWO : Mogga and Leila; ONE; TWO; THREE; PART THREE : Our Mogga; ONE; TWO; THREE; PART FOUR : Hassan; ONE; TWO; THREE; PART FIVE : Nomads; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; Copyright;
It is 1950. In a remote Tibetan village, on the border with China, Puton, a young woman, crippled and widowed in a terrifying attack, and now seen as an omen of bad luck by the villagers, meets a stranger - a young Scot, Jamie. He is in the village...
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It is 1950. In a remote Tibetan village, on the border with China, Puton, a young woman, crippled and widowed in a terrifying attack, and now seen as an omen of bad luck by the villagers, meets a stranger - a young Scot, Jamie. He is in the village to set up a radio post. Both are lonely and isolated. Puton is scared of the locals and the Chinese; Jamie is homesick. As their attraction for each other grows, Communist China invades Tibet. The villagers must flee to safety, and led by Jamie, and his friend, Nima, a Buddhist monk and herbalist, the caravan tries to dodge the army, led by a vengef