A LONG WAY FROM DOUALA autistic There's such an onslaught to

There's such an onslaught to the senses these days it's a marvel any of us manage to get out of bed

’ – Booker Prize judges

Hanky Spanky

Effortlessly blending the tragic and comic

A dangerous task

A LONG WAY FROM DOUALA autistic There's such an onslaught toOn the trail of Roger, a brother who has gone north in search of football fame in Europe, Choupi, the narrator, takes with him the older Simon, a neighborhood friend. The bus trip north nearly ends in disaster when, at a pit stop, Simon goes wandering in search of grilled caterpillars. At the police station in Yaounde, the local cop tells them that a feckless boza who wants to go to Europe is not worth police effort and their mother should go and