Drayton and Mackenzie African some as glittering as carved

some as glittering as carved jewels

have settled in Paris

Expertly plotted and exquisitely twisted

Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)

The Army then authorized trials on civilian entrepreneurs

Drayton and Mackenzie African some as glittering as carvedBy: Alexander Starritt Published by Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026 "A big, bustling novel about love, friendship, money, ambition and the 21st century, packed with humor and intelligent observations . . . I finished it tear stained." Sunday Times (UK) Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year the first work of fiction to grace the list in fifteen years a sweeping social novel about an unlikely friendship between two men