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African Psycho
Alain Mabanckou
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Description for African Psycho
Paperback. Series: Serpent's Tail Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Gregoire Nakobomayo, a petty criminal, has decided to kill his girlfriend Germaine. He's planned the crime for some time, but still, the act of murder requires a bit of psychological and logistical preparation. Luckily, he has a mentor to call on, the far more accomplished serial killer Angoualima. The fact that Angoualima is dead doesn't prevent Gregoire from holding lengthy conversations with him. Little by little, Gregoire interweaves Angoualima's life and criminal exploits with his own. Continuing with the plan despite a string of botched attempts, ... Read more
Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Gregoire Nakobomayo, a petty criminal, has decided to kill his girlfriend Germaine. He's planned the crime for some time, but still, the act of murder requires a bit of psychological and logistical preparation. Luckily, he has a mentor to call on, the far more accomplished serial killer Angoualima. The fact that Angoualima is dead doesn't prevent Gregoire from holding lengthy conversations with him. Little by little, Gregoire interweaves Angoualima's life and criminal exploits with his own. Continuing with the plan despite a string of botched attempts, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Serpent's Tail Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781257876
SKU
V9781781257876
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About Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou was born in 1966 in the Congo. He currently lives in California, where he teaches French literature at UCLA. One of Africa's major writers, he is the author of six volumes of poetry and six novels. He received the prestigious Prix Renaudot for Memoirs of a Porcupine. He was selected by the French journal Lire as one of ... Read more
Reviews for African Psycho
Taxi Driver for Africa's blank generation... a pulp fiction vision of Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth that somehow manages to be both frightening and self-mocking at the same time
Time Out New York
A smart satire on the deserving targets of corrupt officialdom, complacent media and blank-eyed consumerism
New Internationalist
Disturbing - and disturbingly funny ... Read more
Time Out New York
A smart satire on the deserving targets of corrupt officialdom, complacent media and blank-eyed consumerism
New Internationalist
Disturbing - and disturbingly funny ... Read more