The Second Life of Samuel Tyne
Esi Edugyan
Knopf Canada
<p><i>Suspenseful and atmospheric, this extraordinary novel portrays both the hardship and grace in the life of a man struggling to realize his destiny.</i><br><br>When Samuel Tyne emigrated from the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1955, he was determined to accomplish great things. He excelled at Oxford and then came to Canada with the uncle who raised him, leaving the traditions and hard life of his homeland behind. Here, in this nation of immigrants, Samuel would surely be free to follow his destined path to success.<br><br>That new beginning didn't live up to Samuel's expectations. As the novel opens fifteen years later, he is working as an economic forecaster for the government in Calgary. It's a stiflingly bureaucratic, dead-end job, where petty managerial types and lifeless co-workers make Samuel's days almost unbearable.<br><br>Everything changes for Samuel when he finds out that his Uncle Jacob has died. Samuel and his uncle had grown apart. They had not spoken for a number of...</br></br></br></br></br></br></p>