First of all in the novel the issue of what the youth who is run over and killed by the European couple is clearly portrayed as more likely to be attempting a hijacking/robbery than to be merely "selling fossils."
Secondly in the novel, the resentment by the local population toward the westerners is half envy of their liberty and that is not shown in the film at all.
This creates an unintended irony in the film: the filmmakers present a narrative virtually only from the point of view of the Europeans -- which makes the film itself patronizing.
I know Osborne has sold the rights to four of his novels. "The Forgiven," the lesser novel "Beautiful animals" and "hunters in the Dark" and "River of time". I hope for a better result with the later three.
This creates an unintended irony in the film: the filmmakers present a narrative virtually only from the point of view of the Europeans -- which makes the film itself patronizing.
I know Osborne has sold the rights to four of his novels. "The Forgiven," the lesser novel "Beautiful animals" and "hunters in the Dark" and "River of time". I hope for a better result with the later three.