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**THE GLOBAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF FRANCE'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE PRIX GONCOURTLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS**'A masterpiece' The TimesA love letter to literature' Leïla SlimaniA rollicking literary mystery Propulsive' New YorkerParis, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Maze of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to its author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics. Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane's disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, to follow the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and to confront the great tragedies of history. Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?'The style as well as the sweep is Bolaño-esque' ObserverAs enthralling as it is thought-provoking' Eric NguyenTerrific' Daily MailTranslated by Lara Vernaud

The Most Secret Memory of Men

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Publishing
      Published 1 January 2025
      ISBN-13 9781529933550
      978-1529933550
      ISBN-10 1529933552
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      **THE GLOBAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF FRANCE'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE PRIX GONCOURTLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS**'A masterpiece' The TimesA love letter to literature' Leïla SlimaniA rollicking literary mystery Propulsive' New YorkerParis, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Maze of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to its author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics. Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane's disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, to follow the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and to confront the great tragedies of history. Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?'The style as well as the sweep is Bolaño-esque' ObserverAs enthralling as it is thought-provoking' Eric NguyenTerrific' Daily MailTranslated by Lara Vernaud

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