Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia

by Alden Jones

Book Overview

In this stunning debut novel, a child dissects the darkness at the heart of her British diplomatic family. Living in Nigeria on the brink of civil war, Anna also known as Jake becomes blood brothers with Dave, the Korean American daughter of a C.I.A. operative. They do push-ups, collect pornography, and plot lives of unmarried freedom while around them a country disintegrates. Luscious, terrifying, and raw, Nigeria itself becomes a lesson in endurance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299295745
• ISBN13: 9780299295745
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"