March 1983 Issue [Palpitations] Call me Bwana Adjust Share The subject is Africa and William Boyd writes about it like Evelyn Waugh, only nicer by James Wolcott, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Africa in literature Book reviews Evelyn Waugh Novelists, English William Boyd More from James Wolcott Philip Larkin’s enormous yes A connoisseur of doom whose wit refuses to die Hammett’s long goodbye A deferential biography of literature's Marlboro man The prince of finesse Nine hundred pages of criticism prove that John Updike is no air-dancing dandy Adjust Share