Out of Darkness, Shining Light

The hotly-anticipated second novel by Petina Gappah follows the epic journey of Dr Livingstone's corpse through nineteenth-century Africa. Narrated by Livingstone's chef and three of his servants, it tells a story about slavery, loyalty, organised religion, and superstitious belief; women in a world dominated by men and the moment before the Europeans arrived and brutally carved up the continent. Beautiful, and deeply imaginative.