A journey into authenticity reveals the dark side of the modern American male.James Monroe, a sophisticated American professional on mission for The World Bank in Africa during the early 1990's, embodies both the bravado and the insecurities of the modern American male. Set in Zimbabwe, Kenya and Bombay, India, Mr. Monroe's journey into authenticity results in a series of failed relationships that reveal the dark, enigmatic recesses of his complex personality and eventually land him in a hellhole prison in Bombay. In its exploration of American male stereotypes and in its suggestion of vulnerability as a key to masculine authenticity, Victoria Falls dares to embrace those humane qualities of love, kindness and creativity that have of late been extolled as the provenance of soul searching women but have been largely ignored in American fiction about men. For readers interested in literary fiction, African settings, and cultural clashes.