The Most Secret Memory of Men: A Novel

Authors: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr Publisher: Other Press Pages: 496 Date Published: 2023-09-26 Language: en Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781635423273 About the Book: A Best Book of 2023 by the New York Times and The New Yorker and Longlisted for the National Book AwardA gripping literary mystery in the vein of Bolaño’s Savage Detectives, this coming-of-age novel unravels the fascinating life of a maligned Black author, based on Yambo Ouologuem.The first Sub-Saharan African winner of France’s top literary prize, the Goncourt.In 2018, Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer in Paris, discovers a legendary book from the 1930s, The Labyrinth of Inhumanity. No one knows what became of its author, once hailed as the “Black Rimbaud,” after the book caused a scandal. Enthralled by this mystery, Diégane decides to search for T.C. Elimane, going down a path that will force him to confront the great tragedies of history, from colonialism to the Holocaust.Alongside his investigation, Diégane become