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The Virgin of Flames, by Chris Abani (used)

The Virgin of Flames, by Chris Abani (used)

R 90.00 ZAR
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For Black, a mural artist in East LA, the city's tumbledown landscape is his canvas. Residing in a ramshackle apartment above 'The Ugly Store', he lives for his art and obsesses over Sweet Girl, the transsexual stripper who serves as his muse. Black navigates life alongside the Los Angeles River, 'iridescent in its concrete sleeve', enlisting his friends - Iggy, the beautiful tattoo artist who has beguilded Hollywood's elite, and Bomboy, a wealthy Rwandan butcher - as he confronts his past and struggles to find his place in the world.
In this marvellous and gritty novel filled with indelible images and memorable characters, Chris Abani touches on the far reaches of psychic pain, religious and sexual, and take the reader on an unforgettable journey.
"A powerful, scary and beautiful novel. Abani is a force to be reckoned with, a world-class novelist." - Russell Banks
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