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The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix
A Literary Fiction Novel by Alain Mabanckou
Subgenres:
- African Fiction,
- War Fiction,
- Epistolary
This book is for you if you're into...
- Satirical takes on civil war and power struggles
- Outlandish militia antics in fictional African republics
- Stories told through notebooks and watchful narrators
The award-winning author of Black Moses is at his satiric best in this novel that catalogs the pain and suffering caused by the ravages of civil war.
Set in the imaginary African Republic of Vietongo, The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix begins when conflict breaks out between rival leaders and the regional ethnic groups they represent. Events recorded in a series of notebooks under the watchful eye of Hortense Lloki show how civil war culminates in a series of outlandish actions perpetrated by the warring parties' private militias—the Anacondas and the Romans from the North who have seized power against Vercingetorix (named after none other than the legendary Gallic warrior who fought against Caesar's army) and his Little Negro Grandsons in the South who are eager to regain control.
Translated into English for the first time, this novel provides a gritty slice of life in an active war zone.
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