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African psycho / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Christine Schwartz Hartley.
Van Pelt Library PQ3989.2.M217 A68 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mabanckou, Alain, 1966- author.
- Standardized Title:
- African psycho. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Criminals--Fiction.
- Criminals.
- Murder.
- Planning.
- Murder--Planning--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Black humor.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London Serpent's Tail, 2008.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- First published in 2003 by Le Serpent a Plumes, France. First published in this translation in 2007 by Soft Skull Press, Brooklyn, New York.
- ISBN:
- 9781781257876
- 1781257876
- OCLC:
- 986800806
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