The Book Depository The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe by Douglas Rogers
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Description: The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe : Paperback : Short Books Ltd : 9781907595219 : 190759521X : 09 Dec 2010 : In The Last Resort, journalist Douglas Rogers tells the eye-opening, harrowing and, at times, surprisingly funny story of his parents' struggle for survival in war-torn Zimbabwe. The Book Depository The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe by Douglas Rogers - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781907595219
MPN: 190759521X
GTIN: 9781907595219
Author: FrancisB
Rating: 5
Review: This book is a really good account of the experiences faced by Zimbabweans. It highlights the bond between races and cultures and how the government clung to power through violence and threats.
Author: val
Rating: 4
Review: This book is actually well written which is why I gave it four stars. I was engaged by it but I didn't like the book. As with so many of the people who have reviewed the book, I too have a connection with Zimbabwe, having been born there in the 1950's and having lived there until I was about 21. Members of my family continued to live in Zimbabwe until the early 1980s and there was always some contact with a circle of former residents as well as with friends who still lived there via my family. One of the reasons I bought the book was because many reviewers commented that the book was amusing. I thought it would be good to be able to feel some positive emotion about life in Zimbabwe. However, I actually found the book harrowing. The lengths Douglas Roger's parents have to resort to in order to maintain their home and livelihood and the degeneration of society and communities at all levels struck me as deeply tragic. Above everything else, the description of the alcohol fuelled craziness just depressed me because it was so accurately reminiscent of my childhood experiences of white adults who just could not get their heads around the reality that their lifestyle was unsustainable and of black adults who needed escapism. (If you want to be even more depressed, read "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" by Alexandra Fuller.) Needless to say, my family has now banned me from reading any more books about Zimbabwe that are described as "funny" or "hilarious".
