In this study of obsession, the author describes the lonely quest of Ruth St Just to Africa in search of the truth about her son's death. Convinced that the authorities have lied, she reaches a strange religious community in Saloum, ruled by a woman known as "mother".
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From Publishers Weekly
Even the title is ambiguous in this highly skillful, engrossing psychological thriller by a well-known British author ( Voices in an Empty Room and Frozen Music ). Attractive, middle-aged divorcee Ruth St. Just is convinced that her adored only son James, who has died mysteriously on the island of Ellampore off the coast of West Africa, was actually murdered, possibly by members of a small cult gathered around a charismatic woman known as Mother. Having exhausted her efforts to get more information from the Foreign Office in London, and to interest the press in the case, Ruth journeys to Ellampore. The reader shares her anxiety, the impact of this African backwater on her already taut emotions, her suspicions of Mother when at last the women meet. The book could move in any direction at this point, but King has something more in mind than solving a conventional mystery; and his novel takes several dark and unsettling turns before a shocking ending that suddenly makes the reader reexamine everything that has gone before. A thoroughly gripping performance.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Is Eleanor Vilmorin a female Jim Jones, presiding over an orgy of drugs and death in her own personal Jonestown? Or is she a Mother Teresa, offering solace to the dregs of humanity? This is what Ruth St. Just must determine, as the British woman travels to the fictitious African island of Ellampore, following the bizarre death of her son, a resident of Madame Vilmorin's community. The author so cleverly leads the reader astray with false clues that the truth, when revealed, is indeed a shocker. There are memorable minor characters, and the descriptions of the tropics are so effective one feels hot just reading them. Compelling. Marcia R. Hoffman, M.L.S., Hoechst Celanese Corp . , Somerville, N.J.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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