Obsessions of Paradise by Benjamin Kwakye

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Obsessions of Paradise by Benjamin Kwakye

Ama Danso, a 29-year-old doctor based in California, is visiting Accra when she sees him; the Shoreman, rising from the surf like a shadow that holds light. His name is Shem Bonsra. He works as a nightsoil carrier in the cesspits of Old Fadama. The stigma of his job forces Ama to stop seeing him. But she cannot forget him. Meanwhile, in a London pub, a physician named Maud James meets the Barman. She soon realizes he's George Stanton, a leader of a far-right political party whose nationalist politics appeal to her. she is from Zimbabwe, where her white father was murdered by black men. The tales of these couples seem starkly different. But their futures are bound together in a novel about desire, prejudice, and the interconnected modern world.