The Darling
Set in Liberia and the United States from 1975 through 1991, The Darling is the story of Hannah Musgrave, a political radical and member of the Weather Underground. Hannah flees America for West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends of the notorious warlord and ex-president, Charles Taylor. Hannah's encounter with Taylor ultimately triggers a series of events whose momentum catches Hannah's family in its grip and forces her to make a heartrending choice.
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- ISBN-13
- 9780060957353
- Topics
- Political radicalism and exileWar and civil conflict in LiberiaFamily and moral choice
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for FictionShortlistedMajor(2004)
Other awarded books from Russell Banks
- Cloudsplitter (1998)1 win · 13 score
- Lost Memory of Skin (2011)0 wins · 7 score
- Affliction (1998)0 wins · 4 score
- Continental Drift (2016)0 wins · 4 score
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