Deo Gratias stood on the deck of the Liemba with his prisoners at his feet. I leaned on the rail, studiously casual. Nobody spoke. I was trying to ignore the cuffed men beside us, trying to remain unaffected by the way they were kneeling and shivering. We were in the tropics, it was hot, but they we…
White Men’s Boats
Giles Foden
‘Deo Gratias stood on the deck of the Liemba with his prisoners at his feet. I leaned on the rail, studiously casual.’
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
Nothing to see here!

Peace Shall Destroy Many
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Blue Sky Days
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Vladimir in Love
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

The Transition
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
Giles Foden
Giles Foden was born in Warwickshire in 1967 and grew up in Africa. His novels include The Last King of Scotland, from which ‘Idi’s Banquet’, published in Granta 52 is taken, and Ladysmith.
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