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''My Driver'' is a novel by English author Maggie Gee, and is the sequel to ''My Cleaner''.〔("My Driver" ) at Amazon.〕 It was first published in 2009 by Telegram Books. The novel is set in Uganda in the lead-up to the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala. The book has three main characters : *London author Vanessa Henman is travelling to Uganda to attend a British Council sponsored conference for African authors to be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala and afterwards as a tourist to see Mountain Gorillas at in Bwindi. *Mary Tendo, Vanessa's former cleaner is now Executive Housekeeper at the Sheraton; and is unaware that Vanessa will be attending the conference. *Trevor Patchett, Vanessa's former husband is a plumber and has been invited out to Uganda by Mary Tendo to repair a well in her home village which is no longer supplying water, he is also unaware of Vanessa's visit. Three other narratives make occasional appearances *Back in London Vanessa and Trevor's son Justin is looking after his son Abdul Trevor who is unwell whilst Zakira his partner is travelling to Brussels on business *On the border between Uganda and DR Congo a hungry teenage LRA child-conscript is trying to make his way back home to Uganda *By way of contrast President Museveni considers his options in dealing with the international tensions. ==Reception== *"Executed with a lovely light touch ... an immensely enjoyable novel" - Lionel Shriver in ''The Daily Telegraph''.〔Lionel Shriver, ("My Driver by Maggie Gee: review" ), ''The Telegraph''〕 *"Worldly, witty, enjoyable, impressive" - Doris Lessing〔(Maggie Gee profile ), Curtis Brown.〕 *"it's sparky and funny and terrifically entertaining" - Patrick Ness in ''The Guardian''.〔Patrick Ness, ("Out of struggle" ), ''The Guardian'', 28 March 2009.〕 *"Fast-moving, energetic, constantly surprising" - Hilary Mantel〔(Driver" page ), Telegram.〕 *"This is a writer who clearly knows her way through central Africa's alphabet soup of rebel groups, and who also has a clear-eyed grasp pf the scramble for money and power that drives the regions wars. Gee's novel is an admirable success" - Matthew Green, ''Financial Times''.〔Matthew Green, ("My Driver" - review ), ''Financial Times'', 13 April 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Driver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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