Norris Kaplan, the protagonist of Philippe’s debut novel, is a hypersweaty, uber-snarky black, Haitian, French-Canadian pushing to survive life in his new school. The novel is peppered with Swahili words and phrases, and Anderson makes an effort to paint a picture of the country.Ī story full of twists and turns, proving nothing is ever as black and white as it may seem.Ī teenage, not-so-lonely loner endures the wilds of high school in Austin, Texas. While much of the novel is fictionalized, it exposes both the very real corruption and greed of the mining industry in Congo and the women who pay the price. The narrative is guided by Tina's rules for survival, which reveal a strong yet vulnerable character. Along with her black tech genius partner in crime, Boyboy, they find themselves in the depths of Congo, looking for answers that could cost them their lives. Michael wants to prove it wasn’t his father, and Tina goes along with it so that she can resume her plan for vengeance. Greyhill goes wrong, Tina finds herself in cahoots with his mixed-race son, Michael, to find the true murderer.
To survive, Tina has embedded herself as the wiliest of thieves within the ranks of the Goondas, a powerful gang in the city. Greyhill, her mother’s white former employer and lover. Five years ago, Mama was murdered, and Tina believes the culprit can only be the rich and corrupt Mr. Tina has two purposes in life: take care of her mixed-race half sister, Kiki, and avenge their mother’s death. In fictional Sangui City, Kenya, lives 16-year-old Tina, a black Congolese refugee. Anderson’s debut mystery novel features a Congolese teenager bent on revenge.
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