Dead Aid, By Dambisa Moyo

Reviewed,Boyd Tonkin
Friday 22 January 2010 01:00 GMT
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In the aftermath of genocidal war, a traumatised survivor of death camps trails back to the village where he grew up as a suspect immigrant. Soon he finds that – an outsider himself – he must compile a report to whitewash neighbours who have murdered an outlandish visitor.

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