Unbidan
Acme Inc.
            {
    "id": 285902,
    "slug": "treacherous-paradise",
    "nstc": null,
    "title": "Treacherous paradise",
    "subtitle": null,
    "collection_title": null,
    "collection_part_number": null,
    "annotation": null,
    "description": "<p><b><i>A Treacherous Paradise </i>sees Henning Mankell turn his talents for writing gripping thrillers to a world where power and powerlessness meet and passion is a dangerous commodity.</b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b>Hanna Lundmark escapes the brutal poverty of rural Sweden for a job as a cook onboard a steamship headed for Australia. Jumping ship at the African port of Louren\u00e7o Marques, Hanna decides to begin her life afresh.</p><p>Stumbling across what she believes to be a down-at-heel hotel, Hanna becomes embroiled in a sequence of events that lead to her inheriting the most successful brothel in town. Uncomfortable with the attitudes of the white settlers, Hanna is determined to befriend the prostitutes working for her, and change life in the town for the better, but the distrust between blacks and whites, and the shadow of colonialism, lead to tragedy and murder.</p>",
    "imprint": null,
    "language_code": "eng",
    "original_language_code": null,
    "page_count": null,
    "duration_seconds": null,
    "publication_date_first": "2014-05-21",
    "publication_date_latest": "2014-05-21",
    "cover_url": null,
    "editions": [
        {
            "isbn": "9780099572183",
            "product_form": "BC"
        }
    ],
    "ratings_count": 0,
    "read_count": 0,
    "review_count": 0,
    "favorite_count": 0,
    "reading_status_read_count": 0,
    "reading_status_reading_count": 0,
    "reading_status_want_to_read_count": 0,
    "rating_average": null,
    "ratings_distribution": {
        "1": 0,
        "2": 0,
        "3": 0,
        "4": 0,
        "5": 0
    },
    "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:08:38+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-10-30T00:22:09+00:00",
    "publisher": {
        "id": 4175,
        "slug": "random-house-uk",
        "name": "Random House UK",
        "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:08:37+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2025-09-19T15:10:08+00:00"
    },
    "contributors": [],
    "genres": [],
    "subjects": [
        {
            "scheme_identifier": "32",
            "scheme_version": null,
            "main_subject": false,
            "subject_code": "330",
            "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:08:38+00:00",
            "updated_at": "2025-09-19T13:08:38+00:00"
        }
    ]
}
        

Treacherous paradise

ID 285902
Slug treacherous-paradise
Contributors
Annotation
Description <p><b><i>A Treacherous Paradise </i>sees Henning Mankell turn his talents for writing gripping thrillers to a world where power and powerlessness meet and passion is a dangerous commodity.</b><br /><b></b><br /><b></b>Hanna Lundmark escapes the brutal poverty of rural Sweden for a job as a cook onboard a steamship headed for Australia. Jumping ship at the African port of Lourenço Marques, Hanna decides to begin her life afresh.</p><p>Stumbling across what she believes to be a down-at-heel hotel, Hanna becomes embroiled in a sequence of events that lead to her inheriting the most successful brothel in town. Uncomfortable with the attitudes of the white settlers, Hanna is determined to befriend the prostitutes working for her, and change life in the town for the better, but the distrust between blacks and whites, and the shadow of colonialism, lead to tragedy and murder.</p>
Genres
Subjects
330 Spannende boeken algemeen NUR
NSTC
Publisher Random House UK
Imprint
Language eng
Page count
Duration
Publication date first 2014-05-21
Publication date latest 2014-05-21
Cover URL
Editions
  • ISBN: 9780099572183 (BC)

Ratings & Reviews

0.0
0 ratings
Sign in to rate
You need to be logged in to submit a rating.

Recent Reviews

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this book!