A LONG WAY FROM DOUALA (Paperback)

Paperback. Important issues of violence, terrorism, homosexuality and migration feature in A LONG WAY FROM DOULA , the first publication in English of a work by Max Lobe, an important new voice in African writing.On the trail of Roger, a brother who has gone north in search of football fame in Europe, Choupi, the narrator, takes with him the older Simon, a neighborhood friend. The bus trip north nearly ends in disaster when, at a pit stop, Simon goes wandering in search of grilled caterpillars. At the police station in Yaounde, the local cop tells them that a feckless boza who wants to go to Europe is not worth police effort and their mother should go and pleasure the police chief if she wants help! Through a series of joyful sparky vignettes, Cameroon life is revealed in all its ups and downs. Issues of life and death are raised but the tone remains light and edgy. Two brothers set out on a journey from Douala to the far north of the Cameroon to find their brother who is on his way to Europe via traffickers in search of fame as a footballer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…