Rejecting Jane article chronicles the fact that all but one of the publishers and agents failed to recognise her works, including Penguin Books and J. K. Rowling's publisher Bloomsbury, with the vast majority rejecting out of hand this apparent attempt by one of the world’s greatest known authors to gain a publishing deal. This despite the fact that one of the most famous opening lines in English literature, "Pride and Prejudice"’s "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" was left intact. On its publication the article
A Good Man in Africa A Good Man in Africa A Good Man in Africa is a 1994 film, based on William Boyd's 1981 novel "A Good Man in Africa" and directed by Bruce Beresford. The film starred Colin Friels, Sean Connery, John Lithgow, Joanne Whalley, Diana Rigg and Louis Gossett, Jr. Bruce Beresford did not remember the film fondly: God, that was horrible. That was the worst film experience I ever had. It was cast wrong, the crew was all strange. We were filming in the wrong place. We filmed in South Africa, it was set in West Africa. Which is like shooting in