A Fistful of Shells by Toby Green modern fiction This is a mad god's

This is a mad god's dream of a book - it deserves to be shortlisted for every prize going this year

Or apparently so

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there have been two distinct groups of deep-sea explorers

has long been a subject of fascination

A Fistful of Shells by Toby Green modern fiction This is a mad god'sBy the time of the 'Scramble for Africa' in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for many centuries. Its gold had fuelled the economies of Europe and Islamic world since around 1000, and its sophisticated kingdoms had traded with Europeans along the coasts from Senegal down to Angola since the fifteenth century. Until at least 1650, this was a trade of equals, using a variety of currencies most importantly shells: