The Most Secret Memory of Men
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The Most Secret Memory of Men
The Most Secret Memory of Men
The half-million copy global literary quest bestseller for fans of The Name of the Rose β 'a masterpiece' The Times; 'Bolano-esque' Observer
Paris, 2018. Diegane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Labyrinth of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to its author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics.
Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane's disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, to follow the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and to confront the great tragedies of history.
Will he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529933550
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 May 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Contributors:
- Translated by Lara Vergnaud
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 343g
Pages: 496
About the Author
MOHAMED MBOUGAR SARR was born in Dakar in 1990. He studied literature and philosophy in Paris and is the author of four prize-winning novels. The Most Secret Memory of Men was awarded France's Prix Goncourt in 2021 and is an international phenomenon, selling more than half a million copies in France and translated into more than thirty languages.
Also by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
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