"My Driver is an entertaining, droll novel, executed with a lovely, light touch. . . . Gee’s control of tone is supremely artful."—Lionel Shriver, Daily Telegraph
"A tour de force—brilliantly structured, surprising, humane, and suspenseful."—Elaine Showalter
"Worldly, witty, enjoyable, impressive."—Doris Lessing
Vanessa Henman, a plucky but accident-prone white writer, flies from London to Uganda for a Pan-African writers’ conference. She also intends to pay her former cleaner, Mary Tendo, a surprise visit. But Mary—now the executive housekeeper of the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala—has her own agenda, and she has secretly summoned Vanessa’s beloved ex-husband Trevor, a plumber, to her home village to help build a well.
The conference over, Vanessa sets off alone on a safari to the distant Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to see the mountain gorillas. Farce teeters on the edge of something much darker when Vanessa quarrels with her driver and a bloody war closes in on Bwindi from Congo. Can anyone save her?
Maggie Gee was chosen as one of Granta’s original "Best Young British Novelists." She has published many novels to great acclaim, including The White Family, shortlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes, and My Cleaner and The Flood, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize. She was the first female chair of the Royal Society of Literature, and she lives in London.
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Book Description Condition: New. 2010. Paperback. Vanessa, a writer, flies to Uganda for a conference. She means to visit her ex-cleaner Mary, now the Housekeeper of the Sheraton Hotel. Mary has her own agenda: her son is missing. Vanessa sets off alone to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to see the gorillas. But she quarrels with her driver and a war closes in from the Congo. Can anyone save0 her? Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9781846590795
Book Description Condition: New. 2010. Paperback. Vanessa, a writer, flies to Uganda for a conference. She means to visit her ex-cleaner Mary, now the Housekeeper of the Sheraton Hotel. Mary has her own agenda: her son is missing. Vanessa sets off alone to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to see the gorillas. But she quarrels with her driver and a war closes in from the Congo. Can anyone save0 her? Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9781846590795
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Vanessa Henman, a plucky but accident-prone white writer, flies out to Uganda for an African writers' conference. She also means to visit her former cleaner, Ugandan Mary Tendo, now the successful Executive Housekeeper of Kampala's Sheraton Hotel. But Mary has her own agenda: her son Jamil is missing, and she has secretly summoned Vanessa's beloved ex-husband Trevor, a plumber, to her village to help build a new well. Vanessa sets off alone on safari to distant Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to see the mountain gorillas. But then Vanessa quarrels with her driver and a bloody war closes in on Bwindi from Congo. Can anyone save her? Will Mary Tendo find her son? Vanessa, a writer, flies to Uganda for a conference. She means to visit her ex-cleaner Mary, now the Housekeeper of the Sheraton Hotel. Mary has her own agenda: her son is missing. Vanessa sets off alone to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to see the gorillas. But she quarrels with her driver and a war closes in from the Congo. Can anyone save0 her? Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781846590795
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