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There are only five other black girls in our class of twenty-six... From the author of the critically-acclaimed House of Stone, listed for the Folio Prize, is a short story about growing up in Zimbabwe A country school girl attends the prestigious Girls' College in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe & she learns how to be English. She learns pronunciations, learns to pour, sip, & hold tea, & even learns to laugh the English way - Hahaha!...Hahaha... Haaaaa haaaaa haaaa... But things begin to change for the pupils of Girls' College when Zimbabwe's new president calls for 'A' grade schools to enrol more black pupils.°°° Novuyo Rosa Tshuma is a native of Zimbabwe & the author of the award-winning novel House of Stone & a professor of fiction at Emerson College. https://novuyotshuma.com Winner of the Edward Stanford Prize for Fiction with a Sense of Place, 2019 Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize, 2019 Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize, 2019 Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, 2019 __________ 'Extraordinary' Guardian __________ Bukhosi has gone missing. His father, Abed, and his mother, Agnes, cling to the hope that he has run away, rather than been murdered by government thugs. Only the lodger seems to have any idea... Zamani has lived in the spare room for years now. Quiet, polite, well-read and well-heeled, he's almost part of the family - but almost isn't quite good enough for Zamani. Cajoling, coaxing and coercing Abed and Agnes into revealing their sometimes tender, often brutal life stories, Zamani aims to steep himself in borrowed family history, so that he can fully inherit and inhabit its uncertain future. Winner Of The Edward Stanford Prize For Fiction With A Sense Of Place, 2019 Longlisted For The Rathbones Folio Prize, 2019 Longlisted For The Dylan Thomas Prize, 2019 __________ 'extraordinary' Guardian __________ Bukhosi Has Gone Missing. His Father, Abed, And His Mother, Agnes, Cling To The Hope That He Has Run Away, Rather Than Been Murdered By Government Thugs. Only The Lodger Seems To Have Any Idea... Zamani Has Lived In The Spare Room For Years Now. Quiet, Polite, Well-read And Well-heeled, He's Almost Part Of The Family - But Almost Isn't Quite Good Enough For Zamani. Cajoling, Coaxing And Coercing Abed And Agnes Into Revealing Their Sometimes Tender, Often Brutal Life Stories, Zamani Aims To Steep Himself In Borrowed Family History, So That He Can Fully Inherit And Inhabit Its Uncertain Future. A striking, rambunctious, Tom Ripley-ish debut about cuckoos in the family nest, the death of colonial Rhodesia and the bloody birth of corrupt ZimbabweBukhosi has gone missing. His father, Abed, and his mother, Agnes, cling to the hope that he has run away, rather than been murdered by government thugs. Only the lodger seems to have any idea. Zamani has lived in the spare room for years now. Quiet, polite, well-read and well-heeled, he's almost part of the family - but almost isn't quite good enough for Zamani. Cajoling, coaxing and coercing Abed and Agnes into revealing their sometimes tender, often brutal life stories, Zamani aims to steep himself in borrowed family history, so that he can fully inherit and inhabit its uncertain future There are only five other black girls in our class of twenty-six... ________________________ From the author of the critically-acclaimed House of Stone , listed for the Folio Prize, is a short story about growing up in Zimbabwe ________________________ A country school girl attends the prestigious Girls' College in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and she learns how to be English. She learns pronunciations, learns to pour, sip, and hold tea, and even learns to laugh the English way - Hahaha!...Hahaha... Haaaaa haaaaa haaaa... But things begin to change for the pupils of Girls' College when Zimbabwe's new president calls for 'A' grade schools to enrol more black pupils. In the chronic turmoil of modern Zimbabwe, Abednego and Agnes Mlambo's teenage son, Bukhosi, has gone missing, and the Mlambos fear the worst. Their enigmatic lodger, Zamani, seems too helpful in the search, ingratiating himself into their lives, knowing that the one who controls the narrative inherits the future 'Easily the best debut I've read this year, Tshuma's novel is both hilarious and horrifying, filled with compassion, anger and despair. [Her] unreliable narrator [is] of the kind that deserves to be remembered up there with Humbert Humbert' Kim Evans, Culturefly