The novel is set mostly at fictional RAF Sinji in west Africa during the Second World War and features a bizarre cricket match.

Like all of Carr's novels it contains a strong element of personal experience: Carr worked as a photography technician in the Royal Air Force during World War II, posted initially in 1942 to No.

270 Squadron at RAF Jui in Sierra Leone in west Africa,[1] and he was a keen cricketer.

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