Some Place in Africa by Peter Wilhelm

A lot of things happen in Africa, to quite ordinary people trapped in situations which they could not have foreseen. This collection of short stories reflects the crisis, tragedies, fantasies and black comedy of life in some places in the sub-continent, at some very unusual times. Which is not to say abnormal, but merely absurd. Peter Wilhelm has captured the bewildering, relentless consequences of existence in a very strange society. The stories range from the agonies of an abandoned youth, through the ravages of the 'bush' war, to science fiction and the stark, clinical indifference of mental hospitals. A stunning series of flashes; a blast of sanity in a confused world.