{"product_id":"tropic-of-violence-9780857057716","title":"Tropic of Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eTropic of Violence is a novel that explores lost youth on the French island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, shining a light on issues of violence, immigration, identity, deprivation, and isolation. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 28 April 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarie, a nurse on the island of Mayotte, adopts an abandoned baby and names him Moïse, raising him as a French boy. As he grows up, Moïse 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrated by five different characters, Tropic of Violence 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 département in 2011, it is a remarkable, unsettling new novel that draws on the author's own observations from her time on Mayotte.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 122g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 131 x 196 x 14 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780857057716\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nathacha Appanah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097837859066,"sku":"9780857057716","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1651232521425_book.jpg?v=1651262955","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/tropic-of-violence-9780857057716","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}