Rhumba Elaine Proctor 2011 First Edition Out Of Print New

 Rhumba ,  Elaine Proctor , 2011, First Edition, Out of Print New   Ten-year-old Flambeaus mother arranges for him to be smuggled from Congo into London by human traffickers, promising that she will join him shortly. Flambeau arrives safely to live with his cruel uncle in East Londons Congolese community, but his mothers promise remains unfulfilled. When it becomes clear that she has been kidnapped, a desperate Flambeau turns to Knight, a Rhumba-dancing Congolese gangster, for help.   Elaine Proctor spent six months living in the London community where her novel is set, and where she fell in love with the eponymous Rhumba music. Her immersion in the everyday life and culture of the Congolese immigrants infuses the story with politically and culturally astute observations which in turn take the reader right into the heart of this epic story.    ISBN: 978b 0 85738 508 6  Publisher: Quercus  This Edition: first  Year of Publication: 2011  Place Of Publication: Great Britain  Binding: paperback  Number of pages: 244