Formalities by Jack Cade

I really liked this - tells you so much about Africa (I take it IS Africa??) - corruption, hospitality, in-yer-face religion delivered with a smile and culture shock in unexpected ways, without going into obvious travel story descriptions. Works hard to deliver good original similes for "black" and "white" - although maybe too many references to teeth?

But the picture of going to a poor country to be almost force-fed is very strong and unusual.