Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Gregoire Nakobomayo, a petty criminal, has decided to kill his girlfriend Germaine. He's planned the crime for some time, but still, 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 Gregoire from holding lengthy conversations with him. Little by little, Gregoire interweaves Angoualima's life and criminal exploits with his own. Continuing with the plan despite a string of botched attempts, Gregoire's final shot at offing Germaine leads to an abrupt unravelling. Lauded in France for its fresh and witty style, African Psycho's inventive use of language surprises and relieves the reader by sending up this disturbing subject.
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Alain Mabanckou (Pointe-Noire, República del Congo, 1966) es un escritor franco-congoleño. Su obra ha sido traducida a más de quince lenguas. Se dio a conocer al gran público en 2005 con su novelaVaso roto. En 2006 ganó el Premio Renaudot por su novelaMemorias de Puercoespín y en 2015 obtuvo el Gran Premio de literatura Henri-Gal de la Academia francesa, además de otros reconocimientos. Entre sus últimas obras publicadas, destacan el ensayoEl llanto del hombre negro (2012) y las novelasLas cigüeñas son inmortales (2018; Libros del Asteroide, 2022) yLe commerce des allongés (2022). Desde 2006 es profesor de literatura en la Universidad de California-Los Ángeles (UCLA) y reside en Santa Mónica (California).