THE GLOBAL LITERARY QUEST BESTSELLER'A masterpiece' The Times'The style as well as the sweep is
Bolaño-esque' ObserverParis 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye a young Senegalese writer discovers a
legendary book titled The Maze of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows
what happened to the 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 following the author's labyrinthine
trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and confronting the great tragedies of history. Will
he get to the truth at the centre of the maze?A gripping literary quest novel and a masterpiece
of perpetual reinvention The Most Secret Memory of Men confronts the impact of colonialism and
neo-colonialism the holocaust in Europe dictatorships in South America and the Caribbean
genocide in Africa and collaboration and resistance everywhere. Above all it is a love song
to literature and its timeless power. WINNER OF FRANCE'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD THE PRIX
GONCOURT
