The In-Between World Of Vikram Lall Hardcover - 2003

Doubleday Canada, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 26-18-5. In Excellent Used Condition. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. It Is 1953 In Colonial Kenya, And Eight-Year-Old Vikram Lall Witnesses The Celebration Of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation, Even As The Mau Mau Guerrilla War Challenges British Rule. Vic And His Sister Deepa Must Find Their Lace In This Uncertain World Of Violent Upheaval, Confusing Loyalties And Conflicting Ideologies. And Among Their Newly Acquired Playmates, The Brother And Sister, Who Are Of Indian Origin, Find Themselves In Between The British Bill And Annie, And The African Njoroge. These Friendships Will Haunt Them The Rest Of Their Lives. We Follow Vic From T He Changing Africa Of The Fifties, To The Sixties-A Time That Holds Immense Promise. But When That Hope Is Betrayed By The Corruption, Fear And Repression Of The Seventies And Eighties, Vic Finds Himself Drawn Into The Official Orbit Of Graft And Power-Brokering. Njoroge, On The Other Hand, Can Abandon Neither The Idealism Of His Youth Nor His Love For Deepa. Neither The Cynicism Of The One Nor The Idealism Of The Other Can Avert The Tragedies That Await. Acute And Bittersweet, Vividly Portrayed And Finely Nuanced, The In-Between World Of Vikram Lall Is Told In The Voice Of The Exiled Vic From The Shores Of Lake Ontario, As He Contemplates The Historical Events That Have Shaped Him And The Choices He Has Made. After Being Hired To Deliver Poinsettias To Churchill's Department Store In Downtown New Chapel, Feisty Flower Shop Owner Abby Knight Finds Herself Mixed Up In The Disappearance Of Everyone's Favorite Santa Claus, Mr. Churchill Himself. Promising Churchill's Daughter That The Legendary Christmas Eve Celebration Will Not Go On Without Her Father, Abby Must Recruit Her Whole Staff At Bloomers, And Even Her Family, To Help. But While The Excitement Builds And The Town Square Fills With Revelers, There Is One Person Who Must Come To Terms With His Own Holiday Mystery, Abby's Husband And Partner, Private Investigator Marco Salvare. The Clock Is Ticking Down The Minutes To The Big Celebration As Clues Are Quickly Uncovered, But Abby And Marco Soon Realize There Is Much More At Stake Than One Man's Life. As The Town Gathers Around For The Lighting Of The Tree, And The Suspect Is Just Within Arm's Reach, Team Salvare Is Barred From The Case. Little Does Abby Know That Her Next Move Won't Just Seal Santa's Fate, But The Fate Of Christmas Itself Hangs In The Balance.