Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight. An African Childhood.

Proof copy. 8vo. Pp. xi, 383. Illustrated wraps.

Author's literary debut. Winner of the 2002 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. Shortlisted for the 2002 Guardian First Book Award. A 2002 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Memoir of a young girl growing up in 1970s war-torn Rhodesia with an alcoholic mother and a frequently absent father. "This is not a book you read just once, but a tale of terrible beauty to get lost in over and over." –Newsweek