Little Boys Come from the Stars (Paperback)

Sardonic, subtle, and sweetly scathing, Little Boys Come from the Stars is satire at its best. Set in an unnamed country in equatorial Africa, it tells the story of Michel, a precocious teen dubbed Matapari (“trouble”) because of his extraordinary birth. Though his father is a reclusive scholar, his mother a pious though confused Catholic, and his uncle a shameless opportunist determined to gain power in the shifting politics of their post-colonial nation, Matapari remains an unsullied child who wears Reeboks, drinks Coke, reads Japanese comics, and watches Rambo. But when his family becomes the nucleus of the revolution for democracy, Matapari proves to be the ideal narrator for this story of violent upheaval and bloody corruption–a voice whose ironic innocence makes bearable and even humorous the awful realities of the world it describes.

General

Imprint:	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	March 2002
Authors:	Emmanuel Dongala
Dimensions:	203 x 132 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-385-72122-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-385-72122-6
Barcode:	9780385721226

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