TY - BOOK AU - Vassanji,M.G. TI - The book of secrets: a novel SN - 0312140835 AV - PR9199.3.V388 B66 1996 U1 - 813/.54 20 PY - 1996/// CY - New York PB - Picador USA KW - Asians KW - Africa, East KW - History KW - Fiction KW - sears KW - Diary fiction KW - lcsh KW - Historical fiction KW - gsafd N1 - Library Journal Starred; New York Times; Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - A retired schoolteacher in the Asian community of East Africa in 1988 is given a diary, written in 1913 by Alfred Corbin, a man who would later become governor of Uganda, and becomes enmeshed in recreating the story of Corbin's life ER -