Publisher's Synopsis
A photo-journalist visits one of the poorest places on earth, an orphanage in Africa run by an elderly, alcoholic priest. Local ganglords kidnap orphans and make them boy soldiers. David N'Comba, a saintly figure, has been there since he was six after his mother had been murdered. He is strangely passionate about baseball and the New York Yankees and watches a single game, over and over, on a battered VCR player. He helps the priest try to run things. Governor Janet Frobisher, up for re-election goes to the region with an international fact finding group. She arranges to get David back to the USA. A gossip columnist discovers the scheme. In a bizarre twist of fate David finds himeself suddenly empowered to return to Africa and make a dramatic difference. This is a gripping tale of faith, politics, gang warfare, famine, poverty and disease, but most of all a tale of hope.
