In Between Worlds of Vikram Lall

Sweeping in Scope, Both Historically and Geographically, Vassanji Weaves a Rich Tapestry of Vivid Characters, Real and Imagined, in a Kenya Poised Between Colonialism and Independence.;Vikram Lall, Like His Adopted Country, Inhabits an 'In-Between World' Between the Pull of His Ancestral Home in India and the Kenya He Loves Passionately; Between His Tragic Past in Africa and an Unclear Future in Canada; Between Escape From Political Terror and a Seemingly Inevitable Return Home ...A Return That May Cost Him Dearly.;A Master Storyteller, Vassanji Intertwines the Political and the Personal - the Rise of the Mau Mau in the Last Days of Imperialism Looms Large Over a Plot Centring on Two Love Stories and a Deep Friendship. the Result is a Sumptuous Novel That Brilliantly Explores the Tyranny of History and Memory, and Questions the Individual's Role and Responsibility in Lawless Times.