Socket
- Publisher
- Anvil Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2002
- Category
- Literary
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781895636420
- Publish Date
- May 2002
- List Price
- $8.95
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Description
'Socket' tells the gripping tale of Ronald Percy, an international aid worker who travels to Ethiopia to assist with an irrigation project for the African Development Organization. Upon arrival, he is unable to locate his agents or company representatives, and soon finds himself enmeshed in a web of bureaucracy and state corruption. 'Socket' was selected as the Grand Winner from over 400 entries in the 2001 International 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest." The language is vivid and economical, and the plot charges ahead with relentless momentum." - Broken Pencil"The story is so tightly written that you can't put it down." - Giest MagazineWinner 2001 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest
About the author
David Zimmerman is a professor of military history at the University of Victoria.