''Djibouti'' is a 2010 crime fiction work by American writer

Elmore Leonard Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thri ...

Plot

In the novel, Dara Barr is an "Oscar-winning documentary film maker" and her "6 feet 6, age 72, African American, über-cool" confidant and assistant Xavier LeBo arrive in djibouti to document piracy around the

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Critical reception

Writing in '' The Guardian'',

Giles Foden Giles Foden (born 11 January 1967)George Stade and Karen Karbiener (eds), ''Encyclopaedia of British Writers, 1800 to the Present'', 2nd edn, Infobase Publishing, 2010, p. 176. is an English author, best known for his novel ''The Last King of S ...

described the subject matter of the book as "well researched and not as improbable as it might seem." Writing in '' The Independent'',

Barry Forshaw Barry Forshaw is a writer, broadcaster and journalist whose books include '' British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia'', '' The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction'', '' Brit Noir'', '' British Gothic Cinema'', ''Nordic Noir'', '' Sex and Film'', '' Euro N ...

noted that the fictional young film maker and her older adviser might resemble the production

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's 2008 film

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References

{{Elmore Leonard 2010 American novels Novels by Elmore Leonard Novels set in Africa William Morrow and Company books Novels set in Djibouti