Now, I was quite willing to contend that there were a number of things wrong with the novel, that it had failed in a number of places, but I had not quite imagined that it had failed at achieving something called African authenticity.
话说我倒是甘愿承认我的小说 有几处写的不好的地方， 有几处败笔。 但我很难相像我的小说 竟然会缺乏“真实的非洲感”。