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The Death of Comrade President

Alain Mabanckou

From Shelf: Ponzi Scheme Book Club

A poignant tale of family and revolution in postcolonial Africa, from one of the continent's greatest living novelists.

In Pointe-Noire, in the small neighbourhood of Voungou, on the family plot where young Michel lives with Maman Pauline and Papa Roger, life goes on. But Michel's everyday cares - lost grocery money, the whims of his parents' moods, their neighbours' squabbling, his endless daydreaming - are soon swept away by the wind of history. In March 1977, just before the arrival of the short rainy season, Comrade President Marien Ngouabi is brutally murdered in Brazzaville, and not even naive Michel can remain untouched. Starting as a tender, wry portrait of an ordinary Congolese family, Alain Mabanckou quickly expands the scope of his story into a powerful examination of colonialism, decolonization and dead ends of the African continent. At a stroke Michel learns the realities of life - and how much must change for everything to stay the same.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
256
Publisher:
Profile Books Ltd
ISBN:
9781788162333
Published Date:
3/6/2021
Dimensions:
196mm x 128mm x 22mm
Weight:
220g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

RRP: £8.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781788162333


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