Juma the Great (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780993288548)

This book describes the hilarious adventures of one Juma, an African gentleman of optimistic temperament, who left his mountain home in the fastnesses of Uganda to drive a lorry for the British Army during its invasion of Abyssinia. Juma had no doubt that it was his intervention in the world conflict which brought such speedy triumph to British arms. His exploits were certainly wonderful, but when the reader has laughed over them, and laid the book aside, it may be he will discover that his laughter was never far removed from more poignant emotions. No "iron curtain" marks the frontier between comedy, even when it comes near to farce, and the domain of tragedy. Juma is thus to be described as a tragi-comic figure, summing up in his own vivid experience something of the destiny of all men. This is not a war book in the accepted sense. The war is but a background against which the personality of Juma burgeons.

Author: A. K. Chesterton
ISBN-10: 0993288545
ISBN-13: 9780993288548
Publisher: A.K. Chesterton Trust
Language: English
Published: 11/25/2015
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d