Tropic of Violence

Nathacha Appanah

Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
4.00 · 14 ratings · 192 pages · Published: 25 Aug 2016
Tropic of Violence by Nathacha Appanah
Marie, a nurse on the island of Mayotte, adopts a baby abandoned by refugees and names him Moïse. But when Marie dies, Moïse is left completely alone, plunged into uncertainty and turmoil, set on a collision course with the gangs of the largest and most infamous slum on Mayotte: Gaza.

On an island paradise on the edge of chaos, a small choir of narrators takes up this story of lost youth in the middle of the Indian Ocean. From Bruce the terrifying gang leader, to Olivier the police officer fighting a helpless battle and Stéphane the naïve aid worker, Tropic of Violence shines a powerful light on the violence, deprivation and isolation that tears apart this island, largely unnoticed by metropolitan France. A remarkable, unsettling new novel from one of the most exciting voices in world literature today.
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