The Most Secret Memory of Men

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The half-million copy global literary quest bestseller for fans of The Name of the Rose – '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... Read More
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The Most Secret Memory of Men

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The half-million copy global literary quest bestseller for fans of The Name of the Rose – '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.

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