Thrilling, heartbreaking, and, at times, absurdly funny, "The Last
Resort" is a remarkable true story about one family in a country
under siege and a testament to the love, perseverance, and
resilience of the human spirit.
Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Douglas Rogers is the son of white
farmers living through that country’s long and tense transition
from postcolonial rule. He escaped the dull future mapped out for
him by his parents for one of adventure and excitement in Europe
and the United States. But when Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe
launched his violent program to reclaim white-owned land and Rogers’
s parents were caught in the cross fire, everything changed. Lyn
and Ros, the owners of Drifters–a famous game farm and backpacker
lodge in the eastern mountains that was one of the most popular
budget resorts in the country–found their home and resort under
siege, their friends and neighbors expelled, and their lives in
danger. But instead of leaving, as their son pleads with them to
do, they haul out a shotgun and decide to stay.
On returning to the country of his birth, Rogers finds his once
orderly and progressive home transformed into something resembling
a Marx Brothers romp crossed with "Heart of Darkness": pot has
supplanted maize in the fields; hookers have replaced college kids
as guests; and soldiers, spies, and teenage diamond dealers guzzle
beer at the bar.
And yet, in spite of it all, Rogers’s parents–with the help of
friends, farmworkers, lodge guests, and residents–among them black
political dissidents and white refugee farmers–continue to hold on.
But can they survive to the end?
In the midst of a nation stuck between its stubborn past and an
impatient future, Rogers soon begins to see his parents in a new
light: unbowed, with passions and purpose renewed, even heroic.
And, in the process, he learns that the "big story" he had
relentlessly pursued his entire adult life as a roving journalist
and travel writer was actually happening in his own backyard.
Evoking elements of "The Tender Bar" and "Absurdistan, The Last
Resort" is an inspiring, coming-of-age tale about home, love, hope,
responsibility, and redemption. An edgy, roller-coaster adventure,
it is also a deeply moving story about how to survive a corrupt
Third World dictatorship with a little innovation, humor, bribery,
and brothel management.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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