In The Shade Of The Mango Tree

Its a compelling, gleeful premise, and Porter has created
a good over-arching plot, which hops from one continent
to another with a kind of delighted ease. However, it is
the characters that really make the novel. Theyre wellobserved,
clearly differentiated and great company
One wonders how many of them are drawn from his own
experience Porter is a really good writer.