TOPSHAM — Author James Hornor will discuss his book “Victoria Falls,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, at the Topsham Public Library.
“Victoria Falls” is a mid-life coming of age novel about a man who is on a mission in Africa for the World Bank. In its exploration of American male stereotypes and in its suggestion of vulnerability as a key to masculine authenticity, it “dares to embrace those humane qualities of love, kindness and creativity that have of late been extolled as the provenance of soul-searching women but have been largely ignored in American fiction about men,” according to a news release.
Books will be available to buy, and the talk is free and open to the public.
Hornor is an educator, writer and speaker who lives with his wife and two children in Brunswick. As a World Bank consultant, Hornor was on mission in both Zimbabwe and Kenya, and his work helped to identify public relations issues that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were experiencing in sub-Saharan Africa. Hornor teaches English composition at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland.
The Topsham Public Library is at 25 Foreside Road. For more information, call 207-725-1727 or at www.topshamlibrary.org.
