FRANCESCA

Caught in the crossfire of the Indonesian army's brutal invasion of East Timor, Francesca escapes with her life and little else. Arriving on the shores of Indonesian Borneo, she finds herself thrust into an ersatz American small town carved out of the jungle by Constar Oil of Texas.
Set against a backdrop of endemic political corruption, moral compromise and the pursuit of oil, Francesca reads like a mix of Grahame Green and The Poisonwood Bible and is a passionate story of one woman's struggle against overwhelming odds to shape the country that nearly destroyed her.

Donald Finnaeus Mayo was born in London and grew up in Australia and South East Asia, the backdrop for his novel, Francesca.
He was educated in England, where he graduated in Politics and Culture. At various times he has worked as a radio journalist for the BBC, a business writer for major corporations, and as a photographer. He currently lives in Hampshire with his wife and three children.