{"product_id":"african-psycho-isbn-9781933368504","title":"African Psycho","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The novel with which [Mabanckou] cemented his reputation as one of French-language fiction’s leading lights . . . Black as pitch and bitter as wormwood, a razor-sharp satire in which the trials of a would-be serial killer are played for laughs.” —\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts title recalls Bret Easton Ellis’s infamous book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e. But while Ellis’s narrator was a blank slate, the protagonist of \u003ci\u003eAfrican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e is a quivering mass of lies, neuroses, and relentless internal chatter. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGregoire Nakobomayo, a petty criminal, has decided to kill his girlfriend Germaine. He’s been planning the crime for some time. But the act of murder requires a bit of psychological and logistical preparation. Luckily, he has a mentor to call on, the far more accomplished serial killer Angoualima. The fact that Angoualima is dead doesn’t prevent Gregoire from holding lengthy conversations with him. Little by little, Gregoire interweaves Angoualima’s life and criminal exploits with his own. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContinuing with the plan despite a string of botched attempts and abject failures, Gregoire’s final shot at offing Germaine leads to his abrupt unraveling. Lauded in France for its fresh and witty style, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Psycho’s\u003c\/i\u003e inventive use of language surprises and delights, relieving the reader through an injection of humor into a plainly disturbing subject.\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The novel with which [Mabanckou] cemented his reputation as one of French-language fiction’s leading lights . . . Black as pitch and bitter as wormwood, a razor-sharp satire in which the trials of a would-be serial killer are played for laughs.” —\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The drama’s in the waffling: will he or won’t he? Alain Mabanckou’s novel [. . . ] discovers a fascinating new way to hang readers on those tenterhooks. \u003ci\u003eAfrican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e presents no gloomy Raskolnikov, nor the fixed sneer of Patrick Bateman, but a haunted burlesque . . . Mabanckou’s sprightly negotiations of extremes and opposites demonstrate anew how the novel form is nothing if not flexible—a significant demonstration given the book’s provenance.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eALAIN MABANCKOU\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic. A French citizen born in Republic of the Congo, he currently lives in Los Angeles, where he teaches literature and creative writing at UCLA. His books include \u003ci\u003eAfrican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLetter to Jimmy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTomorrow I’ll Be Twenty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lights of Pointe-Noire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlack Moses\u003c\/i\u003e. Mabanckou has twice been a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, in 2015 and 2017.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300923494629,"sku":"NP9781933368504","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781933368504.jpg?v=1767721091","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/african-psycho-isbn-9781933368504","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}