The Hairdresser of Harare

Name: The Hairdresser of Harare
Brand: Weaver Pr
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By Tendai Huchu

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Like very good dark chocolate this is a delicious novel, with a bitter-sweet flavour. Vimbai is a hairdresser, the best in Mrs Khumalo's salon, and she knows she is the queen on whom they all depend. Her situation is reversed when the good-looking, smooth-talking Dumisani joins them. However, his charm and desire to please slowly erode Vimbai's rancour and when he needs somewhere to live, Vimbai becomes his landlady. So, when Dumisani needs someone to accompany him to his brother's wedding to help smooth over a family upset, Vimbai obliges. Startled to find that this smart hairdresser is the scion of one of the wealthiest families in Harare, she is equally surprised by the warmth of their welcome; and it is their subsequent generosity which appears to foster the relationship between the two young people. The ambiguity of this deepening friendship - used or embraced by Dumisani and Vimbai with different futures in mind - collapses in unexpected brutality when secrets and jealousies are exposed. Written with delightful humour and a penetrating eye, The Hairdresser of Harare is a novel that you will find hard to put down.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 2
Number of Pages:: 196
Release Date:: 2010-10-05
Publication Date:: 2010-10-05
Publisher:: Weaver Pr
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 1779221096
ISBN13:: 9781779221094
Weight:: 259 g

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