Robin Bayley

The Mango Orchard is a remarkable book - telling two stories and two journeys separated by a century. One springs from family stories told to a young Robin Bayley about his great-grandfather’s exploits in Mexico at the time of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, the derring-do of Pancho Villa and other romantic heroes; the other is Robin’s own recent journey of discovery and adventure in Central America, Colombia and Mexico. They are combined in The Mango Orchard, a journey of extraordinary meetings - from an ex-Nazi diamond dealer to a mysterious, beautiful Guatemalan woman, and finally to an astonishing family reunion in western Mexico. Beautifully written, exotic and warm - and deeply personal.

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