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.