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First time in paperback. A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice selection, a Fall 2015 Indies Introduce title, and Library Journal Fall Best Debut A lyrical and brutally honest debut novel of modern Africa that evokes J. M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K and Aminatta Forna's The Memory of Love. Focuses on contemporary issues in Africa, like refugees and the dispossessed and the balance between humans and the wilderness. Stories about Africa are popular now, and this is by an American who has been in Tanzania for 20 years.