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187 pages.Won the 1992 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for best first book from an African author.From the back cover - It was midnight. The little village of Susa slept in darkness in the heart of the forest farms, among the tall trees. The mahoganies and sapeles stood tall in the dark sky, providing a canopy over the village and deepening the density of the pitch dark night. Drifting into sleep Adu was gripped by a nightmare. He was in the forest all alone - overwhelmed by fear - when the leopard sprang...To be chased by an animal in a dream was a bad omen. Someone was going to die. In this haunting tale the power of light struggles with the power of darkness to claim the life of Adu the 'grief child'.

160 pages, 1st edition, very good condition for age.From the inside cover - To Britannicus, a veterinary sergeant in a Roman auxiliary force stationed in Palestine, to his officers and to the Roman Procurator, the activities of an obscure Jewish prophet were cause for considerable alarm. Could Jesus of Nazareth be the looked for leader of a nationalist uprising which might overwhelm a small body of foreign troops precariously occupying a turbulent land?Britannicus had ample opportunity to observe Jesus and listen to him, for his duties sent him to Galilee to keep watch on the camel caravans for disease or accident. There, although he became convinced that Jesus had no political ambitions, he was increasingly impressed by the mans teaching and his strange understanding of animals.Later, in Jerusalem, Britannicus found himself an unwilling witness to Jesus' trial before Pontius Pilate, a scene that he was never able to forget.