Author:Bamba Suso,Banna Kanute
A child is born who will overthrow a king...
After the leader of a great African kingdom hears that a baby has been born who will destroy him, he hides behind a mighty army and surrounds himself with magical charms. There remains only one way to kill him.
Concealing this secret weakness from the world, the ruler clings to power. But when the sister of his enemy seduces him, lust overwhelms the king. And as he lies beside her in the night, desperate to know her body, he foolishly begins to share his secret...
Hypnotic, pitiless and told brilliantly
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—— Ali Smith , GuardianAn immensely skillful writer
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—— Glasgow HeraldAnother great exhilaration from Eco. Eye-poppingly fascinating
—— GuardianPerhaps the most intellectual novelist in Europe today. A highly idiosyncratic by engrossing novel
—— HeraldProfound and moving. A wonderful entertainer
—— ScotsmanEngaging
—— Sunday TimesThe opening is delightful, the sort of stuff that has readers rubbing their hands in anticipation...it is good to see Eco recapture something of his former glories, bouncing ideas of his readers with characteristic zest
—— Sunday TelegraphStimulating
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