Détaillant The Death of Comrade President by Alain Mabanckou NEUF

Product Name: Détaillant The Death of Comrade President by Alain Mabanckou NEUF
EAN：9781788162333 UPC：9781788162333 ISBN：9781788162333 MPN：N/A Format：Paperback, 256 pages
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 Michels 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 détaillant 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..