Dealing with the Dead - Alain Mabanckou In the distant future

In the distant future

But Tokyo being the city it is

is an unflinching examination of desperation and self-deception in the emotional vacuum of modern consumer society

plant-filled apartment

Gomorrah unflinchingly explores the syndicate's iron grip on the Neapolitan coast

Dealing with the Dead - Alain Mabanckou In the distant futureAbruptly deceased at the age of twenty four and trapped forever in flared purple trousers, Liwa Ekimakinga encounters the other residents of Frre Lachaise cemetery, all of whom have their own complex stories of life and death. Unwilling to relinquish their tender bond, Liwa makes his way back home to Pointe Noire to see his devoted grandmother one last time, against all spectral advice. But disturbing rumours swirl together with Liwa's jumbled