Congo

FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY-Not only deserves the description -epic-, in its true sense, but the term -masterpiece- as well- IndependentThis gripping epic tells the story of one of the world-s most critical failed nation-states: the Democratic Republic of Congo. Interweaving his own family-s history with the voices of a diverse range of individuals - charismatic dictators, feuding warlords, child soldiers, and many in the African diaspora of Europe and China - Van Reybrouck offers a deeply humane approach to political history, focusing squarely on the Congolese perspective and returning a nation-s history to its people.