Hangman: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024 A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years living in exile in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn’t recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone at the airport knows him-a man who calls him brother. As they travel to this man’s house, the purpose of his visit comes into focus: he is here to find his real brother, who is dying. In Hangman , Maya Binyam tells the story of this twisted odyssey, and of the phantoms and tricksters, aid workers and taxi drivers, the relatives, riddles and strangers that lead this man along a circuitous path towards the truth. Hangman is an uncommonly assured debut: a strangely honest story of one man’s stubborn search for refuge – in this world and the one that lies beyond it. —- ISBN: 9781911590774 | ISBN10: 1911590774 | ISBN-13: 978-1911590774