An African sunset

Reouven Shatz a young agronomist is sent to the Coast of Hope, a West African country; to replace an agricultural instructor, whose service term reached its end.
A small welcome party of three persons awaits him at the capital's airport, major Abraham Everon the small delegation's head, Moshe Priel the instructor whom Shatz is supposed to replace, and Priel's good looking wife Hilla.
Shatz has just landed and he is already familiarized with the bad blood between the delegation's members and the embassy's staff.
Major Everon takes Shatz under his patronage, and serves as his guide in Shatz's new environment.
To step up the replacement procedure between the two agricultural experts, Shatz spends his first weekend with the Priels in the agricultural farm near the town of Dialo, and falls in love with Hilla Priel. He has a short love affair with her, under her husband's nose; who is being exploited by the local farm manager Da-Silva his name, who claims to have Portuguese blood in his veins, like some more locals of the same tribe that live along the coast line.
Shatz returns to the capital, and spends his evenings with Major Everon the delegation's head at the club near the capital Mouaka.
He meets Dario Everon's French close friend and partner of the club's bridge championship, and he meets Dario's young daughter Janine.
The Priels return home and Hilla leaves Shatz with a broken heart, and with no other choice left, but to court the young red head and pretty Janine.
He arouses Everon's jealousy and on their way back to Mouaka Everon orders Shatz to cut off his relations with Janine; Shatz refuses and Everon threatens to send him back home after just six weeks of service.


The novel "An African Sunset" includes 171 pages, 101.491 words.