The Year of the Locust: The ground-breaking second novel from the internationally bestselling author of I AM PILGRIM

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Nakalembe explains: “In a normal year, when everybody could travel and do what they wanted, the FAO would be training people and trying to build capacity at national agencies. As the swarms landed on houses, fields and trees, the skies cleared, but then the real devastation began. There he occupied himself by dreaming about his future and using family connections to avoid being sent to the Suez. How do you maintain a nimble and robust permanent infrastructure to tackle massive locust infestations in places where they may happen infrequently? The war was totalizing not only in the manner in which it molded soldiers' work and living habits but also in its impact on the daily lives of civilians, creating an atmosphere of continued panic and uncertainty and disrupting daily patterns of behavior.

A child in Jefferson County, Kansas, who had gone out at midday to draw water from the well exclaimed: “They’re here! Having ravaged the fields and trees, the locusts then invaded the farmers’ houses, clearing out barrels and cupboards and devouring anything not secreted away in wood or metal containers. A perfect storm of conditions has led to an explosion in locust numbers in Africa, with the worst swarms in decades devastating crops.honestly when people ask me what my favourite book is I always answer with I am Pilgrim but the wait on the next books of this author is too darn long to recommend it anymore. Hayes delivers muscular prose, sniper-round accurate dialogue and enough superb and original plotting to fill three volumes.

Suggested for further reading: Harvest of Grief , by Annette Atkins; Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier , by Joanna L.Countries’ national locust programmes use this information to decide where to send surveyors, as well as teams with pesticides. We need people to know what locusts are, what they can and can’t do, how long they live and when they are most dangerous,” says Cressman.