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African Psycho : a Novel by Alain Mabanckou is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is African Psycho : a Novel about?
Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 “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.” — Times Literary Supplement Its title recalls Bret Easton Ellis’s infamous book, American Psycho . But while Ellis’s narrator was a blank slate, the protagonist of African Psycho is a quivering mass of lies, neuroses, and relentless internal chatter. Gregoire 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...
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Alain Mabanckou
- Publisher
- Catapult
- Published
- 2025
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781593768164
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.31 / 5 (330 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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