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Solibo Magnificent
- 217 pages · about 4 hours
- First published 1988
- 9 editions
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1 About this book
It's Carnival time in Fort-de-France, Martinique. Before an uninterrupted public, Solibo Magnificent, the great teller of tales, is felled, seemingly choked by his own words. Is it autostrangulation or murder?
Two police officers lead the investigation, but what they discover is a transitory universe at the threshold of oblivion - the universe of the Masters of the Word who, like Solibo, possess the gift of language: perfect for rich and boundless discourse, but not very helpful for unraveling a crime.
- Caribbean literature
- Caribbean fiction
- Mystery
- Storytellers
- Police
- Black authors
2 About Patrick Chamoiseau
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