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The history of Credit Gone West, a Congolese bar, is related by one of its most loyal customers, Broken Glass, who has been commissioned by its owner to set down an account of the characters who frequent it. Broken Glass himself is a disgraced alcoholic school teacher with a love of French... read more
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- Credit Gone West
- France
- Paris
- Tchinouka
- Stubborn Snail
- Africa
- Cameroon
- Makala
- America
- Louboulou
- Congo
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'let's say the boss of the bar Credit Gone West gave me this notebook to fill...'
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- Alain Mabanckou (Author)
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Publication Date: 2009
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Awards edit
- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (Finalist, 2010, Shortlist)
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