THE ODD MAN IN, Mugabe's white-hand man

234pp., illus., paperback, Harare, 2018

A memoir by Denis Norman, appointed Minister of Agriculture in the inaugural Zimbabwean government. Born in England, he moved to Rhodesia, bought his own farm and was President of the Commercial Farmer's Union when Robert Mugabe came to power in 1980.

"This is an important book written by someone who was absolutely central to the events of the early part of the Mugabe government." Nicholas Soames, British Conservative Party politician