ARGONAUT BOOKS

In this fictional memoir, award-winning author Jamal Mahjoub cleverly interrogates how the first generation of Northern Sudanese citizens undertook the momentous task of creating a newly independent nation. Exiled in a dilapidated hotel in South-West France, Sharif looks back on his rich and eventful life to date. Memories of a bohemian existence in England and France - a time of love affairs and excess - clash with more recent memories of navigating the volatile and unprecedented political situation in North Africa. With wry wit, Sharif recalls the wealth of extraordinary characters who have ...Read More