LAWRENCE Osborne, a
writer on the rise, is worthy of our attention. Schooled at Cambridge and
Harvard, he has since followed the path of his illustrious literary forbears,
notably Joseph Conrad, E.M. Forster, and Graham Greene, in seeking inspiration
abroad, often in obscure climes among non-Western peoples.
Like his predecessors,
the abiding theme of Osborne’s works is a collision of cultures brought on by Britishers
venturing abroad and straying from their comfort zones. Through their
unsuspecting eyes a very different way of life is revealed, with a belated awareness
coming at a very high price.
The locale in “Hunters in
the Dark” is present-day Cambodia. Robert, an English teacher on an extended holiday,
is drawn to a less pressured life in a tropical climate with ready access to
booze and drugs. Why go back to stodgy, damp old England? Soon he is hired by a
doctor’s family to tutor their daughter, Sophal, in English. Both in their 20s,
the two soon become a number. Forget the English lessons; they’re having too much
fun traveling around and bedding down.
Circumstances, however,
soon force them to deal with the local citizenry. Sophal knows better, but
Robert is trusting. Pursuing a freer lifestyle, Robert soon finds himself the
pursued. The events are well-plotted, but the greater pleasure for this reader
comes from entering a place that previously had been but a name on a map.
By Dan Dervin, the
Fredericksburg, February 28, 2016
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