Mr Fortune's Maggot (Penguin Modern Classics)

After three years on the remote tropical island of Fanua, Timothy Fortune, a missionary from London, has made little headway. The islanders show very little interest in Christianity and he has only a single convert: a boy, Lueli. As Mr Fortune's affections for both Lueli and his new island home deepen, he begins to question all his old certainties - until one day he is put to a terrible test.

A wry exploration of faith, colonialism and the demands of love, Mr Fortune's Maggot is as quietly subversive as it is delightful.

Dupa trei ani pe insula tropicala indepartata Fanua, Timothy Fortune, un misionar din Londra, a facut putine progrese. Insulei manifesta foarte putin interes pentru crestinism si are doar un singur convertit: un baiat, Lueli.