Mission is set in mid-1970s Kenya. Five characters, priest, politician, teacher, school graduate and retired army officer see a series of events from their own perspectives and thus respond differently to one particular event. One chapter is thirty years later and is set in London to offer a perspective on how lives change. The novel deals with the concept of identity, seen through filters of poverty, religion, politics and, underpinning everything, an idea of justice, a continuum within which each character pursues some personal mission....
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