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This slim novel tells the story of Ito Baraka, a dying, alcoholic, cancer-ridden Togolese writer living in Quebec, looking back at his student days in 1980s Lomé. Unfortunately, the narrative that unfolds is a little overwritten for my taste, while also being an all-too-familiar story. Present-day Baraka lurches around the city, trying to scribble his memories down in a desperate attempt to salve his survivor's guilt. He lives with a drug-addicted First Nations woman (another lost soul forced in
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Dec 23, 2018
Denise
marked it as kindle-tbr
