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Tag Archives: White Mischief
BOOK TO SCREEN: White Mischief
1987 film directed by Michael Radford White Mischief tells the story of the still-unsolved murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, in Kenya in 1941. Erroll was well-known for being in a louche set in Kenya – his impressive … Continue reading
REVIEW: Death in Kenya – M. M. Kaye
Originally published as ‘Later Than You Think’ (1958) I was doing that usual thing on Wikipedia of jumping from one article to another (I think it went from Little Women to White Mischief via Gabriel Byrne and Wah Wah) when … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction, Fiction, Re-read, Reviews
Tagged African independence, colonialism, insanity, Kenya, M M Kaye, Mau Mau uprising, murder, racism, romance, White Mischief
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