![]() ![]() ![]() The doctors believe that he is going to die soon there is little chance for recovery. ![]() He learns that his father's heart is failing, and he is in the hospital. As the book opens, Godwin receives a phone call from his aging mother. Published in 2006, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a continuation of Mukiwa, Godwin's memoir about his childhood memories. With each chapter structured as a separate trip back to Zimbabwe, Godwin uncovers the decline of the nation after its independence and its descent from a promising country to a place of corruption and poverty under President Robert Mugabe. The book is a revealing portrait of Godwin's travel, but his experience writing as a journalist gives the book an added edge. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a memoir by Peter Godwin, a white African born and raised in Zimbabwe, who frequently returns as an adult to visit his aging, retired parents in his home country. ![]()
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