He combines poignant personal narrative with current and historical perspectives. Godwin is a gifted raconteur and a perceptive observer. He combines these skills to produce highly atmospheric, touching, and often frightening portraits of his homeland. Godwin's work is alternately nostalgic and outraged, charming and terrifying, beguiling and furious. These conflicting viewpoints convey the beauty, injustice, and terror of Zimbabwe, as well as the immense courage of its people. Start with: [The Fear]