My Driver
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 First edition | |
| Author | Maggie Gee |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Telegram Books |
Publication date | Mar 2009 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 300 |
| ISBN | 978-1846590795 |
| Preceded by | My Cleaner |
My Driver is a novel by English author Maggie Gee, and is the sequel to My Cleaner.[1] It was first published in 2009 by Telegram Books.
The novel is set in Uganda in the lead-up to the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala.
The book has three main characters :
- London author Vanessa Henman is travelling to Uganda to attend a British Council sponsored conference for African authors to be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala and afterwards as a tourist to see mountain gorillas in Bwindi.
- Mary Tendo, Vanessa's former cleaner is now Executive Housekeeper at the Sheraton; and is unaware that Vanessa will be attending the conference.
- Trevor Patchett, Vanessa's former husband is a plumber and has been invited out to Uganda by Mary Tendo to repair a well in her home village which is no longer supplying water, he is also unaware of Vanessa's visit.
Three other narratives make occasional appearances
- Back in London Vanessa and Trevor's son Justin is looking after his son Abdul Trevor who is unwell whilst Zakira his partner is travelling to Brussels on business
- On the border between Uganda and DR Congo a hungry teenage LRA child-conscript is trying to make his way back home to Uganda
- By way of contrast President Museveni considers his options in dealing with the international tensions.