The Scent of Eucalyptus

The Scent of Eucalyptusis a coming of age novel set in Ethiopia in the early 1960s. Luke La Touche, freshly graduated from Oxford, resists settling down immediately into a career and heads instead for Africa to seek new experiences and a reprieve from the anxieties of Cold War Britain. Taking a teaching position in Addis Ababa, where his influential cousin James provides all the right introductions, he finds experiences a plenty. He is embraced by an expat community in the last throes of the colonial tradition. He is smitten with Caroline, a fiercely independent British woman, and befriends the rambunctious Simon. Everything changes, however, as he is drawn into the world of Yohannis, a young aristocrat who is part of an emerging generation seeking to transform Africa forever.

About the author

John Dillon is Emeritus Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Product details

• Authors: John Dillon
• Publisher: John Dillon
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2019
• EAN: 9781999907563
• ISBN: 978-1-9999075-6-3
• No. of pages: 424
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 685 g
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature