Description:
*Casablanca Story deals with themes of hardship, expliotation and male sexual desire. *Bofane's last book, Congo, Inc. proved to be a popular addition to the Global African Voices Series *Author's French editions have won several awards, including the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (Black African Literary Grand Prize)
Review Quotes:
"Casablanca Story illustrates, in a beautiful way, a moment of life at the crossroads of globalization and unique destinies."--Afrique Contemporaine
"In Koli Jean Bofane shows a reality that we do not know how to see. Or, maybe, that we don't want to see."--La Croix
"The best noir fiction can be a means to capture the complexities and inequalities of an entire city, a lens for social critique, and still a damn good mystery. In Koli Jean Bofane's Casablanca Story is all three--and a prescient warning about climate change, as the hot desert winds buffet the working-class neighborhoods of Casablanca that make up the book's setting."--Crimereads