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Paris, 1923 The child of the scandalous mother, Delilah Drummond has already been notorious, even among Paris contemporary society. But her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch. Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfather's savanna manor house until gossip subsides. Fairlight is the crumbling, sun-bleached skeleton of the faded African dream, a global where dissolute expats are bolstered by gin and jazz files, cigarette smoking and safaris. As mistress of the wasted property, Delilah falls in to the decadent pleasures of contemporary society. Against the frivolity of her peers, Ryder White stands in well-defined contrast. As overseas to Delilah as Africa, Ryder becomes her guide to the sophisticated beauty of the undiscovered world. Giraffes, buffalo, lions and elephants roam the shores of Lake Wanyama amid swirls of red dust particles. Here, life is lush and teeming - yet fleeting and frequently cheap. Amidst the wonders - and hazards - of Africa, Delilah awakes to a land out of all percentage - extremes of high temperature, darkness, beauty, and delight that cut to her very center. Only once this sacred place is profaned by bloodshed does Delilah discover what is truly worth struggling with for - and what she can't live without.
