White Mischief is a non-fiction book by British journalist James Fox, first published in hardback by Jonathan Cape in 1982 and in paperback in 1984 by Penguin. The book is an account of the unsolved murder in 1941 of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, a British expatriate in Kenya. The title is a pun on the title of Evelyn Waugh's novel Black Mischief (1932). The book was adapted as a film of the same name in 1987.
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White Mischief was adapted into a 1987 film.
White Mischief1987 · film · 107 min · dir. Michael Radford · IMDb ↗IMDb6.480%A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
