{"product_id":"casablanca-story-paperback-softback-9780253058799","title":"Casablanca Story (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253058799","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCasablanca Story\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIn Koli Jean Bofane (Author), Bill Johnston (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253058799\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 May 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e166 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.204 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasablanca Story\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates, in a beautiful way, a moment of life at the crossroads of globalization and unique destinies.\u003c\/p\u003e (Afrique Contemporaine) \u003cp\u003eIn Koli Jean Bofane shows a reality that we do not know how to see. Or, maybe, that we don't want to see.\u003c\/p\u003e (La Croix) \u003cp\u003eThe best noir fiction can be a means to capture the complexities and inequalities of an entire city, a lens for social critique, and still a damn good mystery. In Koli Jean Bofane's \u003ci\u003eCasablanca Story\u003c\/i\u003e is all three—and a prescient warning about climate change, as the hot desert winds buffet the working-class neighborhoods of Casablanca that make up the book's setting.\u003c\/p\u003e (Crimereads)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne morning the beautiful Ichrak is found murdered in a street in Casablanca. All the men feared her as much as they desired her . . . . In a city buffeted by the Chergui, a violent wind emanating from the Sahara, the investigation becomes a prism through which a group portrait of a working-class district emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCasablanca Story\u003c\/i\u003e, In Koli Jean Bofane trains his razor-sharp observations of a bitter reality and his mordant humor on corruption among the powerful, shady property deals, and the vulnerable situation of migrants and male sexual desire, and he succeeds in transforming a desperate contemporary reality into engrossing and entertaining fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing on from \u003ci\u003eCongo Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e, In Koli Jean Bofane shifts his geographical focus to outline a vision that encompasses both north and sub-Saharan Africans: Africa is moving forward and is the equal of the other continents or, to put it another way, Africa is no better than they are.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasablanca Story\u003c\/i\u003e was named in the Brittle Paper 100 Notable African Books of 2022 list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolar Winds\u003cbr\u003eGeothermal Power\u003cbr\u003eClouds\u003cbr\u003eParticular Matter\u003cbr\u003eCyclone\u003cbr\u003eAreas of Low Pressure\u003cbr\u003eHeat Wave\u003cbr\u003eGreenhouse Effect\u003cbr\u003eHigh Pressure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525362413848,"sku":"9780253058799","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/casablanca-story-paperback-softback-9780253058799","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}