BROKEN GLASS

BROKEN GLASS

MABANCKOU A

ISBN: 9781846686757

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THE HISTORY OF CREDIT GONE WEST, A SQUALID CONGOLESE BAR, IS RELATED BY ONE OF ITS MOST LOYAL CUSTOMERS, BROKEN GLASS, WHO HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY ITS OWNER TO SET DOWN AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHARACTERS WHO FREQUENT IT. BROKEN GLASS HIMSELF IS A DISGRACED ALCOHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER WITH A LOVE OF FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE WHICH HE HAS LARGELY FAILED TO COMMUNICATE TO HIS PUPILS BUT WHICH HE DISPLAYS IN THE PAGES OF HIS NOTEBOOK. THE NOTEBOOK IS ALSO A FAREWELL TO THE BAR AND TO HIS FELLOW DRINKERS. AFTER WRITING THE FINAL WORDS, BROKEN GLASS WILL GO DOWN TO THE RIVER TCHINOUKA AND THROW HIMSELF INTO ITS MURKY WATERS, WHERE HIS LAMENTED MOTHER ALSO DROWNED.

ISBN Number 9781846686757
Author/s MABANCKOU A
Format Book
Edition 1ST - 2010
Publisher PROFILE BOOKS
Format