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Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall.The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo.
Pages in category "Novels set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The novel is widely regarded as a critique of European colonial rule in Africa, whilst also examining the themes of power dynamics and morality. Although Conrad does not name the river on which most of the narrative takes place, at the time of writing, the Congo Free State —the location of the large and economically important Congo River ...
The Mission Song is a thriller/espionage novel by British writer John le Carré, published in 2006.Set against the background of the chaotic East Congo, the story involves the planning of a Western-backed coup in the province of Kivu, told from the worm's-eye view of the hapless interpreter.
The Poisonwood Bible (1998), by Barbara Kingsolver, is a best-selling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in 1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo, close to the Kwilu River. The novel's title refers to Bible errata. The father of the family creates his own "misprint" of the Bible.
Congo Journey (1996) is an autobiographical novel by British author Redmond O'Hanlon, following his trip across Congo-Brazzaville (now Republic of the Congo), taking a friend to Lake Tele in search of Mokèlé-mbèmbé, a legendary Congo dinosaur. [1] The novel was republished in 1997 for United States readers as No Mercy: A Journey to the ...
Pages in category "Novels set in Belgian Congo" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The film, which was directed by Jack Cardiff, is based on Wilbur Smith's 1965 novel, The Dark of the Sun. The story about a band of mercenaries sent on a dangerous mission during the Congo Crisis was adapted into a screenplay by Ranald MacDougall. Critics condemned the film on its original release for its graphic scenes of violence and torture. [2]