The Viceroy Of Ouidah

In this vivid powerful novel Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva apoor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade forslaves and am... » 

In this vivid powerful novel Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva apoor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade forslaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams and soon he is theViceroy of Ouidah master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastlybusiness of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowlyconsume Manoels wealth and sanity. «