‘He boarded the inter-city bus and set off on the six-hour journey to Lusaka – Christopher Columbus en route to discover a new world.’ Hamoonga Moya’s journey would take him a long way from the township of his youth on the Zambian Copperbelt. Life in the capital brought him new friends, and new ideas, and his journalism studies introduced him to ethical dilemmas. Should we take sides when looking at the social impact of the Chinese-owned mines? Who should we blame for the impoverishment of our citizens – the new owners, or the government that made the sale? Is a stadium worth more than a hospital? Outside the classroom, Hamoonga’s life, and his hope for the future, were soon entangled in a web of greed, international crime, and betrayal. Only in the end will he know who his true friends are.
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写作技巧很成问题。人物形象、对话语言、乃至于故事走向都充斥着陈词滥调。看似细节很多，但文字里浮现的都是一些新闻报道里常有的或者说新闻报道式的细节，还是欠缺很多生活的质感。本来很高兴有人写了这个话题，但遗憾的是出来的是这样的作品。这是作者的第一本小说，希望后面会有进步吧。