Elephant Man

摘要

The peponl Hotel is unusually quiet.rnThe chief tour guide lounges on a bench outside. Jonas, the hotel's well-read barman, polishes wine glasses for what must be the third time. It's summer,rnlow season on the island of Lamu, and Kenya's election troubles have frightened away the usual crowd of celebrities, minor aristocrats, and delicately faded ex-models. Jonas catches my eye.rn"Leakey isn't here?" he asks.rnI shake my head, glance at my watch. Richard Leakey, Kenya's most famous conservationist, has promised to pick me up and take me to his house for lunch, and he appears to be late. Almost idly, I turn to the Indian Ocean, where a speedboat bobs offshore. From behind the wheel, a bulky man gestures for me to join him. It's Leakey, and he's not coming ashore.