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Aminatta Forna, The Guardian
"In his narrator Chikwava has created an utterly compelling anti-hero, who exploits and manipulates everyone around him while retaining a superb grandiosity ... Chikwava's great skills are his humour and his ability to create a powerful and original voice."
Mary Fitzgerald, New Statesman, 26 March 2009.
"Chikwava's triumph comes from scrambling and reinventing tradition."
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Darkly comic,
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This review is from: Harare North (Hardcover)
I loved this book! Sure, the idiosyncratic grammar takes a bit of getting used to, but it's worth persevering. The narrator is well drawn and has a really interesting voice. I was sorry when the book finished. It's very funny but also heart-rending. Highly recommended.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Harare North,
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This review is from: Harare North (Hardcover)
After the reviews I had read in the broadsheets' literary supplements, I was eagerly awaiting this novel. I am delighted to say that it did not disappoint. Brian Chikwava has created a story that aroused the most varying of emotions in me. It is such a tragic tale but delivered at times in the most comic of manners. I am surprised at the review below; as I thought that the style used by Chikwava was what enabled such a sad tale to be told, at times, with such humour and amusement. In my opinion it was this style that was able to give Harare North the balance of tragedy and comedy that really sets it apart and makes such a delight to read. The protagonist's voice is certainly distinctive, but in a way which reveals not only his being a foreigner in a foreign place but also a sense of simplicity and openness. Anyway, it was a novel that I thoroughly enjoyed and would highly recommend.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Dark and very funny,
This review is from: Harare North (Paperback)
The nameless narrator of this novel may very well be one of the best literary creations to come out of africa in the last decade. He is devious, cruel, funny, intelligent and goofy all at the same time. His use of the language is difficult to get to grips with, "what kind of style is that?", but if you persevere you will find it gets easier and even more hillarious. I highly recommend this book.
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