Offshore Islands
Author: John Francis Kinsella
Category: Other
Published: 2010
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Read OnlineForces driven by market frenzy and the explosion of Internet technologies created phenomenal wealth in virtual money. At the same time inconceivably large sums of money were derived from crime and drugs with criminal organisations laundering their ill gotten gains via the world’s banking and financial institutions. Virtual reality was never so real and never so ephemeral as on offshore islands."...an incredible feat of literature: a genuine page-turner..." "...an amazing book...the underlying narrative voice and tone is very consistent all the way through...a very good yarn.""...outrageous and bawdy verse novel...shocking, hilarious and sometimes unsettling...""I felt the eyes of Imti Mentoo watching my every move. And you know what? I kind of liked it." - customer reviews of God The Banana on Amazon.When the bright young graduate Benjamin Bremmer arrives in the mysterious tropical island republic of Amanga, he is seeking some purpose to his life. Volunteering at an orphanage in the poverty-ridden capital city, Ben meets and falls in love with Teri, a beautiful but pious fellow worker. The couple journey bravely into the remote heart of this forbidding country, but unbeknownst to Ben the evil local deity Imti Mentoo has already decided his purpose. This is the first of the three-part satirical epic sonnet sequence, God The Banana.