**THE GLOBAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF FRANCE'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, THE PRIX GONCOURTLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS**'A masterpiece' The Times-A love letter to literature- Le- Slimani-A rollicking literary mystery - Propulsive- New YorkerParis, 2018. Di-ne 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 Bola-o-esque' Observer-As enthralling as it is thought-provoking- Eric Nguyen-Terrific- Daily MailTranslated by Lara Vernaud
