Preface | ix | ||
Acknowledgments | xix | ||
Guguletu, South Africa, via New York City | 3 | (10) | |
Harvard | 13 | (7) | |
You've Got to Come in Right | 20 | (11) | |
Context | 31 | (6) | |
Paul Theroux Is Smarter Than I Am | 37 | (8) | |
How Could We Have Let This Happen? | 45 | (3) | |
South Africa's Greatest In-Liner (By Next Year This Time) | 48 | (4) | |
Lundi's Story | 52 | (17) | |
A Full-Service Station | 69 | (5) | |
Bereavement Call | 74 | (3) | |
A Domestic's Day | 77 | (4) | |
Nairobi Hilton | 81 | (7) | |
When Charity Isn't Enough | 88 | (4) | |
Mother's Day | 92 | (4) | |
Where Vengeance Begins | 96 | (4) | |
Paradise Road | 100 | (3) | |
Mrs. Merrick's Sister-in-Law and I | 103 | (5) | |
A Few Missing Bananas | 108 | (5) | |
Two Bars on a Saturday Night | 113 | (3) | |
The Nelly | 116 | (9) | |
Heroes | 125 | (10) | |
Remembering Sibongile | 135 | (6) | |
Sick in Kigali | 141 | (14) | |
Difficult Situations | 155 | (6) | |
Insomnia | 161 | (9) | |
Never Give Up | 170 | (4) | |
"Enkosi Kakhulu" (Thank You Very Much) | 174 | (14) | |
Epilogue | 188 |