Djibouti (novel)

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Djibouti
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First edition (publ. William Morrow)
Author Elmore Leonard
Publisher William Morrow
Publication date
October 12, 2010
ISBN 978-0-061-73517-2

Djibouti is a 2010 crime fiction work by American writer Elmore Leonard. [1]

Contents

Plot

In the novel, Dara Barr is an "Oscar-winning documentary film maker" and her "6 feet 6, age 72, African American, über-cool" [2] confidant and assistant Xavier LeBo arrive in Djibouti to document piracy around the Horn of Africa. [3]

Critical reception

Writing in The Guardian , Giles Foden described the subject matter of the book as "well researched and not as improbable as it might seem." [4]

Writing in The Independent , Barry Forshaw noted that the fictional young filmmaker and her older adviser might resemble the production of Katherine Bigelow's 2008 film The Hurt Locker . [3]

References

  1. ↑ Janet Maslin (October 10, 2010). "Pirates and Friends in Elmore Leonard's 'Djibouti'". The New York Times . Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ Richard Rayner (December 5, 2010). "Book review: 'Djibouti' by Elmore Leonard". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Barry Forshaw (February 25, 2011). "Djibouti, By Elmore Leonard". The Independent. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ Giles Foden (February 12, 2011). "Djibouti by Elmore Leonard – review". The Guardian . Retrieved September 1, 2019.
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