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The death of Comrade President

Mabanckou, Alain, 1966-2021
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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 naïve Michel can remain untouched.
Main title:
The death of Comrade President / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Helen Stevenson.
Imprint:
London : Serpent's Tail, 2021.
Collation:
256 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.This translation originally published: 2020.
ISBN:
9781788162333 (pbk. :)
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
2526689
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