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**THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF FRANCE'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE PRIX GONCOURT
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS & THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD**

'A masterpiece' The Times
‘A love letter to literature’ Leïla Slimani
‘A rollicking literary mystery … Propulsive’ New Yorker

Paris, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Labyrinth of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to its author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics.

Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane's disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, to follow the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and to confront the great tragedies of history.

Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?

'The style as well as the sweep is Bolaño-esque' Observer
‘As enthralling as it is thought-provoking’ Eric Nguyen
‘Terrific’ Daily Mail

Translated by Lara Vernaud

 
 
 

Review

This marvellous novel is part gripping literary mystery and part disquisition on being a black author in a predominantly white culture… the reader is drawn into a skilfully drawn reconstruction of French literary history in which ideas of authenticity, power, race and fame are wittily deconstructed. Terrific - Daily Mail

A masterpiece - The Times

Funny, sharp takes on questions of identity add grit to an inventive tribute to literature's timeless potency - Mail on Sunday

A literary quest… The style as well as the sweep is Bolañoesque: surreal metaphors, multi-page dream descriptions - Observer

Sarr’s incisive critique never relents… a brilliant effort at welcoming readers into the work of an author whose career was interrupted - Guardian

About the Author

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1990. He studied literature and philosophy at L'École des hautes é
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  • ISBN: 9781529933550
  • Author: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Pages: 464
  • Format: Paperback
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**THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF FRANCE'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE PRIX GONCOURT
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS & THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD**

'A masterpiece' The Times
‘A love letter to literature’ Leïla Slimani
‘A rollicking literary mystery … Propulsive’ New Yorker

Paris, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Labyrinth of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to its author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics.

Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane's disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, to follow the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and to confront the great tragedies of history.

Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?

'The style as well as the sweep is Bolaño-esque' Observer
‘As enthralling as it is thought-provoking’ Eric Nguyen
‘Terrific’ Daily Mail

Translated by Lara Vernaud

 
 
 

Review

This marvellous novel is part gripping literary mystery and part disquisition on being a black author in a predominantly white culture… the reader is drawn into a skilfully drawn reconstruction of French literary history in which ideas of authenticity, power, race and fame are wittily deconstructed. Terrific - Daily Mail

A masterpiece - The Times

Funny, sharp takes on questions of identity add grit to an inventive tribute to literature's timeless potency - Mail on Sunday

A literary quest… The style as well as the sweep is Bolañoesque: surreal metaphors, multi-page dream descriptions - Observer

Sarr’s incisive critique never relents… a brilliant effort at welcoming readers into the work of an author whose career was interrupted - Guardian

About the Author

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1990. He studied literature and philosophy at L'École des hautes é

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