I generally find memoirs to be enjoyable reads. Although I found Peter's story to be full of wonderful memories for him, the entire book is tinged with nostalgia for a time when Zimbabwe was Rhodesia and under colonial rule. I would have enjoyed this book more if he had been able to balance the nostalgia with a more critical eye. This is no doubt his story as he remembers it, but maybe it would do well for the reader if the author could remember that there was another narrative taking place at the same time and that his story was indeed not the same as the wider population.

3 stars
When I read the blurb for this book I thought a memoir about a white, African, gay man living and working in London and Hong Kong would be interesting. I also knew from that blurb that it was about the authors life growing up on a farm in Rhodesia. So, the blurb and the cover were I suppose what really drew me in. Whilst the story he told - and his recollections of life in Rhodesia - was eye opening, and at times very interesting, it wasn't the story I expected to read. Rightly or wrongly I thought I would read of his years in Rhodesia, his move to London and progression to Hong Kong.
This memoir ended on the day in 2002 when his parents were forced off their farm and yet there was nothing in the story of what the author had done in the years since 1980 when he left the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI).

I certainly learnt from reading this book and am not sorry to have done so but unfortunately it did not Iive up to my expectations so admit I felt slightly let disappointed.

Many thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this electronic copy in exchange for an honest review.