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21 November 2013

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Last Orders at Harrods 2

The harsh reality of life in East Africa underpins a comedy about a popular fictional nightspot.

The harsh reality of life in East Africa underpins a comedy about a popular fictional nightspot.

Michael Holman's excellent and witty début novel is set in Kuwisha, a collapsing East African nation that occupies a space in the imagination somewhere between Kenya and Tanzania. Last Orders at Harrods, written by FT's former Africa editor, is thronged with characters whose vitality demands attention.

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