Black water, paperback/louise doughty

Moving between Europe during the cold war, California and the Civil Rights struggle, and Indonesia during the massacres of 1965 and the decades of military dictatorship that followed, }Black Water{ is a dark exploration of some of the events in recent history, told through the story of one man.

Doughtys language is punchy, visually striking and emotionally potent.

This is a compelling and vivid psychological drama, with plenty of bite Leyla Sanai, }Guardian{.