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Aug 30, 2017uncommonreader rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is a coming of age story of a young Congolese boy who grew up in an orphanage, ran away to Pointe Noire and lived with gangs, and through the kindness of a woman he meets, got a job. Life under a repressive and corrupt political regime leads to mental collapse and madness. A satire, but I found it mostly sad. 2017 International Man Booker nominee.