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Life During Wartime, As Seen Through the Eyes of Two Congolese Teenagers Set amid the chaos of West Africa's civil wars, Emmanuel Dongala's striking new novel tells the story of two teenagers growing up while rival ethnic groups fight for control of their country. At age sixteen, Johnny is a member of the Death Dealers, a rebel faction bent on seizing power. Even as he is drawn into the rebels' program of terror, Johnny Mad Dog , as he calls himself, retains his youthful exuberance-searching for girls, good times, and adventure. Sixteen-year-old Laokolé, for her part, dreams of finishing high school and becoming an engineer, but as rogue militias prepare to sack the city, she is forced to leave home with her mother and brother-and then finds herself alone and running from the likes of Johnny. Acclaimed in France, Johnny Mad Dog is a coming-of-age story like no other; Dongala's masterful...

Who reads Johnny Mad Dog: A Novel?

Author

Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala; Maria Louise Ascher

Publisher

Farrar Straus Giroux, Melia [distributor]

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9782004062604

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

3.91 / 5 (189 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13