My Driver

My Driver
My Driver  
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1st edition
Author(s) Maggie Gee
Country England
Language English
Publisher Telegram Books
Publication date Mar 2009
Media type Print
Pages 300
ISBN 978-1-84659-052-8
Preceded by My Cleaner

My Driver is a novel by English author Maggie Gee, and is the sequel to My Cleaner.[1] It was first published in 2009 by Telegram Books.

It is set in Uganda in the lead-up to the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala.

The book has three main characters :

  • London author Vanessa Henman is travelling to Uganda to attend a British Council sponsored conference for African authors to be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala and afterwards as a tourist to see Mountain Gorillas at in Bwindi.
  • Mary Tendo, Vanessa's former cleaner is now Executive Housekeeper at the Sheraton; and is unaware that Vanessa will be attending the conference.
  • Trevor Patchett, Vanessa's former husband is a plumber and has been invited out to Uganda by Mary Tendo to repair a well in her home village which is no longer supplying water, he is also unaware of Vanessa's visit.

Three other narratives make occasional appearances

  • Back in London Vanessa and Trevor's son Justin is looking after his son Abdul Trevor who is unwell whilst Zakira his partner is travelling to Brussels on business
  • On the border between Uganda and DR Congo a hungry teenage LRA child-conscript is trying to make his way back home to Uganda
  • By way of contrast President Museveni considers his options in dealing with the international tensions.

Reception

  • 'Executed with a lovely light touch ... an immensely enjoyable novel' - Lionel Shriver in The Daily Telegraph.[2]
  • 'Worldly, witty, enjoyable, impressive' - Doris Lessing[3]
  • 'it's sparky and funny and terrifically entertaining' - Patrick Ness in The Guardian.[4]
  • 'Fast-moving, energetic, constantly surprising' - Hilary Mantel[5]
  • 'This is a writer who clearly knows her way through central Africa's alphabet soup of rebel groups, and who also has a clear-eyed grasp pf the scramble for money and power that drives the regions wars. Gee's novel is an admirable success' - Matthew Green, Financial Times.[6]

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