A good man in Afrika (Blackbirds)

Serie Blackbirds. Morgan Leafy is a British diplomat working in the fictional African country of Kinjanja. Frustrated by his career, his relationships and the uncomfortable realities of expatriate life, he becomes involved in a political scheme designed to advance British interests. His attempts to manipulate events repeatedly go wrong. Through Leafy’s misadventures, William Boyd creates a darkly comic satire of diplomacy, colonial attitudes, corruption and personal ambition.