Victoria Falls
James Hornor
James Monroe is a sophisticated American professional on mission for The World Bank in Africa during the early 1990's. Despite his worldiness, his actions betray a late twentieth century innocent abroad who embodies both the bravado and the debilitating insecurities of the modern American male. Set in Zimbabwe, Kenya and Bombay, India, Mr. Monroe's journey into authenticity results in a series of failed relationships that reveal the dark, enigmatic recesses of his complex personality and eventually land him in a hellhole prison in Bombay. His tragedy unfolds into an ending that no one, especially Monroe, could have possibly predicted or imagined. In its exploration of American male stereotypes and in its suggestion of vulnerability as a key to masculine authenticity, Victoria Falls dares to embrace those humane qualities of love, kindness and creativity that have of late been extolled as the provenance of soul searching women but have been largely ignored in American fiction about men.
Author - James Hornor.
Narrator - Anne Francis.
Published Date - Tuesday, 23 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
James Monroe is a sophisticated American professional on mission for The World Bank in Africa during the early 1990's. Despite his worldiness, his actions betray a late twentieth century innocent abroad who embodies both the bravado and the debilitating insecurities of the modern American male. Set in Zimbabwe, Kenya and Bombay, India, Mr. Monroe's journey into authenticity results in a series of failed relationships that reveal the dark, enigmatic recesses of his complex personality and eventually land him in a hellhole prison in Bombay. His tragedy unfolds into an ending that no one, especially Monroe, could have possibly predicted or imagined. In its exploration of American male stereotypes and in its suggestion of vulnerability as a key to masculine authenticity, Victoria Falls dares to embrace those humane qualities of love, kindness and creativity that have of late been extolled as the provenance of soul searching women but have been largely ignored in American fiction about men. Author - James Hornor. Narrator - Anne Francis. Published Date - Tuesday, 23 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:02:53
Chapter 2
Duration:00:33:17
Chapter 3
Duration:00:14:43
Chapter 4
Duration:00:25:15
Chapter 5
Duration:00:26:10
Chapter 6
Duration:00:14:10
Chapter 7
Duration:00:27:19
Chapter 8
Duration:00:44:39
Chapter 9
Duration:00:07:03
Chapter 10
Duration:00:21:38
Chapter 11
Duration:00:24:06
Chapter 12
Duration:00:14:22
Chapter 13
Duration:00:32:29
Chapter 14
Duration:00:13:41
Chapter 15
Duration:00:30:32
Chapter 16
Duration:00:22:34
Chapter 17
Duration:00:14:16
Chapter 18
Duration:00:51:37
Chapter 19
Duration:00:22:07
Chapter 20
Duration:00:26:28
Chapter 21
Duration:00:16:43
Chapter 22
Duration:00:00:20