The Villain's Dance

Finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature

Full of wit, music, and a rollicking cast of characters, The Villain's Dance shows Fiston Mwanza Mujila is back with a bang.

Zaire. Late 90's. Mobutu's thirty-year reign is tottering. In Lubumbashi, the stubbornly homeless Sanza has fallen in with a trio of veteran street kids led by the devious Ngungi. A chance encounter with the mysterious Monsieur Guillaume seems to offer a way out . . . Meanwhile in Angola, Molakisi has joined thousands of fellow Zairians hoping to make their fortunes hunting diamonds, while Austrian Franz finds himself roped into writing the memoirs of the charismatic Tshiamuena, the "Madonna of the Cafunfo Mines." Things are drawing to a head, but at the Mambo de la F?te, they still dance the Villain's Dance from dusk till dawn.

Author: Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781646051274