Philip Gould
"Marvelous reportage on some far places." (Kirkus Review),"In brilliantly depicting the 'hazards and delusions of foreign service life'...Gould assembles his three-part story around a theme of tragedy and retribution. A powerful and haunting resolution ties together 'the many networks of people in their life'. Gould handles exotic settings and character portrayal with impressive skill." (Publisher's Weekly), , "Compelling tales...convincingly dramatizing the complexity of the lives that Americans live abroad." (W.T. Tyler, author of The Lion and the Jackal), ,Author Bio: Philip Gould of Charlottesville, Virginia, a native Chicagoan has been a journalist in New York and other US cities, and a US government information officer in Munich, Calcutta, Tel Aviv, Moscow, Amsterdam, Rabat and Washington. His latest work has been published or is upcoming in a range of literary journals.
The Eighth Continent: Tales of the Foreign Service