
"An original and fresh tale, quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa. I enjoyed it very much."--Doris Lessing "A peculiarily African sensibility . . . a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives. . . . Remarkable."--New Statesman A police inspector...
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A police inspector is investigating a strange murder, a case in which all of the suspects are eager to claim responsibility. Set in a former Portuguese fort which stored slaves and ivory, the tale combines fable and allegory, dreams and myths