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Selling what no one wants or needs, Victor takes delivery of a barrel of mysterious powder promptly christened âwhite spiritâ for its ability to bleach the black arms of the workers handling the shipment. To become whiter and worthier of love, Lola buys someâand then the rest vanishes. In this nightmarish Africa where colonized and colonizers have each other in a stranglehold, the "white spirit" unleashes an obsession that merges whiteness with a return to paradiseâan obsession that can only end in catastrophe. Through it all, with her characteristic caustic language, fierce irony, and enormous tenderness for human frailty, Constant portrays the ridiculous without ridiculeâand, miraculously, sparks a light of hope in the midst of the torment and suffering.
About: After answering a classified ad placed by an import-export company looking for energetic young men willing to take on responsibilities for its African branchesâno diploma requiredâVictor finds himself on The Will of God, a dilapidated boat heading into the heart of darkness as even Conrad couldnât have imagined.
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