When Rabbi Naomi Levy came across a letter written by Einstein about the nature of the human spirit, she wondered how a man of science could have such spiritual insights. At night, she gives in to her self-destructive impulses in a blur of drug-addled sexual escapades. During the day, she works long hours as a waitress at an upscale Dallas steakhouse. This is the story of a single mother struggling to survive. But when a confluence of events results in a powerful congressman exposing himself as a patron of the establishment where she works, she’ll end up matching wits with him and his powerful corporate backers. Erin Grant, a single mother and former FBI secretary, has turned to exotic dancing to earn enough money to win custody of her daughter. This darkly funny crime novel traces the fallout of a bachelor party gone wrong. The result is a beautiful mediation on the history, politics, and cultures of Africa and its people. Along the way, he gathers the insights of aid workers, missionaries, tourists, and ordinary Africans. In this travelogue, Paul Theroux takes readers on an epic journey the length of the African continent-from Cairo to Cape Town.
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