From the novel; Mission to Kala
‘It was at this stage in the proceedings, before i had even had time to get my personal emotions quietened down a little-let alone sorted out-that my Helen, the real object of my mission, for whom i had been prepared to fight a second Troy before the walls of Kala, appeared on the scene.
In this passage from Mission to Kala, allusion is made to
- Brazilian legend
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Greek mythology
- French cosmology
- American history
- African folklore.