Elsie Burch Donald worked as an editor in London before becoming a novelist. Her most recent novel is A Rope of Sand. She divides her time between London and southwest France.
The shell of the novel is an adventure story, but its kernel is an exploration of the national attitudes and personal qualities that shape people's responses to world affairs. * Times Literary Supplement * A parable of modern-day American interventionism, this story literally pitches its protagonists into the fray. * The Glasgow Herald * Much more than a mere jungle survival story . . . as page-turning adventure fiction, A MODEL AMERICAN scores highly. As a warning against the perils of continued globalisation, it deserves to be well read. * Cambridge Evening News *