They met at the crossroads of Africa, the giant, ancient tree, whose roots had drunk the blood of men...
They met at the crossroads of Africa, the giant, ancient tree, whose roots had drunk the blood of men and animals for 5,000 years. The trails of a continent met there - and a fate beyond human sight drew.
- Mashupa and N'Tembi - the two Shangaan lovers who defied the gods of their people in their tender mating. Carewe - the old hunter, drawn by love and hate to the place where he had known both at their strongest.
- Maniero - he brought too much with him - for in the jungle even the memory of the promise in a woman's eyes can be fatal.
- The Elephants - of all those who came to the tree at the heart of Africa, perhaps only these two century-old outcasts knew why they had come...
The joy - and the horror - of the fateful meeting of these protagonists is the substance of Stuart Cloete's powerful and unique novel. For The Curve and the Tusk is more than a story of adventure in the jungle - it is a book about the deepest roots of life.
