IN THE SHADE OF THE MANGO TREE: Oil, Politics and Murder In the Congo

“It’s a compelling, gleeful premise, and Porter has created a good over-arching plot, which hops from one continent to another with a kind of delighted ease. However, it is the characters that really make the novel. They’re wellobserved, clearly differentiated and great company… One wonders how many of them are drawn from his own experience… Porter is a really good writer.”