Deni Ellis Béchard
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The award-winning author blends fiction and memoir in this "captivating, careening, thrilling, and magical" novel of neocolonial corruption in the Congo (Foreword Reviews, starred review).
Assigned to write an exposé on the elusive conservationist Richmond Hew, a journalist finds himself on a plane to the Congo, a country he thinks he understands. But then he meets Sola, a woman looking for a white orphan girl who believes herself possessed...
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Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni Béchard had no idea his family was extraordinary. He took pleasure in typical boyish activities: salmon fishing with his father, a daring man with a penchant for brawling, and reading with his mother, who was interested in health food and the otherworldly.
Assigned to complete a family tree in school, Deni begins to wonder why he doesn't know more about his father's side of the family. His mother is from...
3) Into the Sun
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"A riveting mystery-thriller that also probes deeper into the nature of war and the ways in which it attracts and transforms some people."-David Abrams, author of Fobbit
When a car explodes in a crowded part of Kabul ten years after 9/11, a Japanese-American journalist is shocked to discover that the passengers were acquaintances-three fellow ex-pats who had formed an unlikely love triangle.
Alexandra was a human rights lawyer for imprisoned Afghan...