No Other Life - Softcover

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Father Paul Michel, a Canadian missionary on the poor Caribbean island of Ganae, rescues a little local boy from abject poverty, and sets him on the road towards a dramatic and dangerous future as a revolutionary priest and, later, as the first democratically elected leader in a land of dictators.

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When Father Paul Michel, a missionary on the desperately poor Caribbean island of Ganae, rescues a little black boy, Jeannot, from abject poverty, he has little idea of the perilous and dramatic events the future holds in store. Jeannot becomes a revolutionary catholic priest and is subsequently elected president of a land previously accustomed only to despair and dictatorship. A brilliant messianic orator, Jeannot bravely urges his black brethren to rise against the forces determined to topple him. But is he a saint or a rabble-rouser? Even Father Paul can no longer be sure of his protégé's true motives...

"In this explosive book Moore brings a world pulsating to life, with vivid descriptive writing and a series of beautifully accurate vignettes."
ANTHONY CURTIS, ' Financial Times'

"'No Other Life' is tightly-made and absorbing. Brian Moore is a highly intelligent writer who has the enviable ability to make you want to go on turning the pages... this is a very exciting book."
A.N.WILSON, 'Evening Standard'

"The profundity of this book is achieved with breathtaking lightness... Moore can push the reader's mind against its own extremities."
LAURA CUMMING, ' Guardian'

"Poised, bracing and moving... if pleasure indeed corrupts the soul, then this very novel is a twenty-four carat sin."
TOM ADAIR, 'Independent'

"Brian Moore is a brilliant narrator. 'No Other Life' is comprehensive, delicate and mysterious."
KATE KELLAWAY, 'Observer'