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The catastrophist

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A romance between two journalists in 1960s Africa disintegrates over politics. She is an Italian who supports the Congolese war of independence against Belgium, he is an Irishman who sides with the whites. She takes a black lover, he a …

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A romance between two journalists in 1960s Africa disintegrates over politics. She is an Italian who supports the Congolese war of independence against Belgium, he is an Irishman who sides with the whites. She takes a black lover, he a white one. A study in decolonization by an Irish writer.

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"A romance between two journalists in 1960s Africa disintegrates over politics. She is an Italian who supports the Congolese war of independence against Belgium, he is an Irishman who sides …"

— Margaret

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