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A Long Way from Douala

Max Lobe
3.30/5 (186 ratings)
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Important issues of violence, terrorism, homosexuality and migration feature in A Long Way From Douala, the first publication in English of a work by Max Lobe, an important new voice in African writing.

On the trail of Roger, a brother who has gone north in search of football fame in Europe, Choupi, the narrator, takes with him the older Simon, a neighborhood friend. The bus trip north nearly ends in disaster when, at a pit stop, Simon goes wandering in search of grilled caterpillars. At the police station in Yaoundé, the local cop tells them that a feckless boza who wants to go to Europe is not worth police effort and their mother should go and pleasure the police chief if she wants help! Through a series of joyful sparky vignettes, Cameroon life is revealed in all its ups and downs. Questions of life and death are raised but the tone remains light and edgy.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
160 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Small Axes
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1913109011
ISBN13:
9781913109011
kindle Asin:
B08RJ12B5W

A Long Way from Douala

Max Lobe
3.30/5 (186 ratings)
Read Download
Important issues of violence, terrorism, homosexuality and migration feature in A Long Way From Douala, the first publication in English of a work by Max Lobe, an important new voice in African writing.

On the trail of Roger, a brother who has gone north in search of football fame in Europe, Choupi, the narrator, takes with him the older Simon, a neighborhood friend. The bus trip north nearly ends in disaster when, at a pit stop, Simon goes wandering in search of grilled caterpillars. At the police station in Yaoundé, the local cop tells them that a feckless boza who wants to go to Europe is not worth police effort and their mother should go and pleasure the police chief if she wants help! Through a series of joyful sparky vignettes, Cameroon life is revealed in all its ups and downs. Questions of life and death are raised but the tone remains light and edgy.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
160 pages
Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Small Axes
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1913109011
ISBN13:
9781913109011
kindle Asin:
B08RJ12B5W

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