I
learned of Hour of the Red God from NPR. I was drawn to the location, Nairobi, Kenya and
the protagonist, a former Maasai warrior, Detective Mollel knowing both would
create an interesting, different type of mystery. Also having traveled to
Nairobi, I was curious how Richard Crompton would depict the city and its
people. Crompton
uses descriptive prose to bring Nairobi alive. The city is more than a simple
setting for a brutal murder of a prostitute. It is a textured part of the
story line exposing the gritty yet modern Africa during the turbulent
elections of 2007.
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