Lead Review

  • Book: The Poisonwood Bible
  • Location: Congo (Democratic Republic of)
  • Author: Barbara Kingsolver

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Content

‘The Poisonwood Bible is a book club classic … The novel begins as a family saga but evolves into a polemic about how African lives are ruined by Western greed and fear … There is humour, history, love and loss. The characterisation is exquisite.’ –The Times

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