2009 novel by Maggie Gee
My Driver is a novel by English author Maggie Gee, and is the sequel to My Cleaner.[1] It was first published in 2009 by Telegram Books.
The novel is set in Uganda in the lead-up to the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala.
The book has three main characters :
- London author Vanessa Henman is travelling to Uganda to attend a British Council sponsored conference for African authors to be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala and afterwards as a tourist to see mountain gorillas in Bwindi.
- Mary Tendo, Vanessa's former cleaner is now Executive Housekeeper at the Sheraton; and is unaware that Vanessa will be attending the conference.
- Trevor Patchett, Vanessa's former husband is a plumber and has been invited out to Uganda by Mary Tendo to repair a well in her home village which is no longer supplying water, he is also unaware of Vanessa's visit.
Three other narratives make occasional appearances
- Back in London Vanessa and Trevor's son Justin is looking after his son Abdul Trevor who is unwell whilst Zakira his partner is travelling to Brussels on business
- On the border between Uganda and DR Congo a hungry teenage LRA child-conscript is trying to make his way back home to Uganda
- By way of contrast President Museveni considers his options in dealing with the international tensions.
Reception
References
- ^ "My Driver" at Amazon.
- ^ Lionel Shriver, "My Driver by Maggie Gee: review", The Telegraph
- ^ Maggie Gee profile, Curtis Brown.
- ^ Patrick Ness, "Out of struggle", The Guardian, 28 March 2009.
- ^ "My Driver" page, Telegram.
- ^ Matthew Green, "My Driver" - review, Financial Times, 13 April 2009.
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