Hombres muy hombres es la historia de una verdadera epopeya vivida por un grupo de hombres en el corazón de África. Entre ellos aparece Zouga Ballantyne, recordado protagonista de Vuela el halcón. La acción se centra en la fatigosas excavaciones en busca de diamantes en las minas de Kimberley, donde Ballantyne se enfrenta con el poderoso Cecil Rhodes, futuro fundador de Rhodesia, y culmina en las tierras de los matabeles, al sur del río Zambeze.

Because Men of Men picks up where Flight of the Falcon left off we rejoin Zouga Ballantyne. Now he is ten years older and married to a society girl named Aletta. Despite many miscarriages she has given him two boys, Ralph and Jordan. Somehow Zouga has convinced his family to join him in Africa where he is still searching for riches, only this time instead of elephants and gold it is diamonds. His eldest son, Ralph, is exposed to gambling, violence and prostitution at sixteen, literally coming of age in the bush. It's Ralph we continue to follow for the most of Men of Men although most characters from Flight return. Robyn, Mungo, Clinton and Charoot, to name a few. In reality, it is everyone's greed we bear witness to. As with all of Smith's other books, Men of Men is rich with African history and adventure as well as strong characters, only there are more of them to play with. ( )

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