Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Frivolous Literary
- 1 “Pas de littérature”: Abasse Ndione and the Rise of Crime
- 2 Minor Mistranslations: Simon Njami and the Making of a Parisianist Himes
- 3 Crime Pays: Achille Ngoye and the Série noire
- 4 Ethnographic Erotics: Bolya and the Writing of the Other
- 5 Terreur Rose: Kouty, mémoire de sang and the Gendering of Noir
- 6 Going out Blazing: Mongo Beti's Last Two Novels
- Bibliography
- Index
Acknowledgements
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: The Frivolous Literary
- 1 “Pas de littérature”: Abasse Ndione and the Rise of Crime
- 2 Minor Mistranslations: Simon Njami and the Making of a Parisianist Himes
- 3 Crime Pays: Achille Ngoye and the Série noire
- 4 Ethnographic Erotics: Bolya and the Writing of the Other
- 5 Terreur Rose: Kouty, mémoire de sang and the Gendering of Noir
- 6 Going out Blazing: Mongo Beti's Last Two Novels
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Noir AtlanticChester Himes and the Birth of the Francophone African Crime Novel, pp. vi - viiiPublisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2011