A.S.H. Smyth

Maaza Mengiste’s The Shadow King is certainly no Abyssinian Andy McNab

A novel of ‘what it means to be a woman at war’ in 1930s Ethiopia is overwhelmingly more about women than war

issue 08 February 2020
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  • The Shadow King

    Maaza Mengiste

    Canongate, pp. 428, £16

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A.S.H Smyth is a journalist and radio presenter in the Falkland Islands. He was once selected to play cricket for the national side but couldn’t make it.

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