{"product_id":"9780857057716","title":"Tropic of Violence","description":"Author: Nathacha Appanah\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857057716\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Sep 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarie, a nurse on the island of Mayotte, adopts an abandoned baby and names him Moise, raising him as a French boy. As he grows up, Moise struggles with his status as an \"outsider\" and to understand why he was abandoned as a baby. When Marie dies, he is left alone, plunged into uncertainty and turmoil, ending up in the largest and most infamous slum on Mayotte, nicknamed \"Gaza\".\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated by five different characters, \u003ci\u003eTropic of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of lost youth on the French island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. Shining a powerful light on problems of violence, immigration, identity, deprivation and isolation on this island that became a French \u003ci\u003edepartement\u003c\/i\u003e in 2011, it is a remarkable, unsettling new novel that draws on the author's own observations from her time on Mayotte.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919127396510,"sku":"ING-9780857057716","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780857057716.jpg?v=1782808387","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780857057716","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}