# The Catastrophist

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- Book: [The Catastrophist](https://www.bookquiver.com/ronan-bennett/the-catastrophist) ([The Catastrophist.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ronan-bennett/the-catastrophist.md))
- Authors: [Ronan Bennett](https://www.bookquiver.com/ronan-bennett)
- Publisher: headline_review
- ISBN: 978-07-4726-033-2
- Published: 2004-10-18
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Gillespie, an Irishman, goes to the Congo in 1959 in pursuit of his beautiful lover Inès, a passionate Italian journalist. Unlike her, Gillespie has no interest in the deepening independence crisis, nor in the charismatic leader, Patrice Lumumba. He has other business: this is his last chance to make love work for him.