New York: Viking, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - A long and complex political novel by this Nobel laureate- one which explores the role of revolutionary ideas in the then new African states, but mostly from the viewpoint of an English liberal, the title figure of this novel, a man who had been expelled by the British colonial office for siding with the nationalist movement who has now been invited back for the independence celebrations. Awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in Britain in 1971. 504 pp. ISBN: 0-670356549.