{"product_id":"casablanca-story","title":"Casablanca Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne morning the beautiful Ichrak is found murdered in a street in Casablanca. All the men feared her as much as they desired her . . . . In a city buffeted by the Chergui, a violent wind emanating from the Sahara, the investigation becomes a prism through which a group portrait of a working-class district emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCasablanca Story\u003c\/i\u003e, In Koli Jean Bofane trains his razor-sharp observations of a bitter reality and his mordant humor on corruption among the powerful, shady property deals, and the vulnerable situation of migrants and male sexual desire, and he succeeds in transforming a desperate contemporary reality into engrossing and entertaining fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing on from \u003ci\u003eCongo Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e, In Koli Jean Bofane shifts his geographical focus to outline a vision that encompasses both north and sub-Saharan Africans: Africa is moving forward and is the equal of the other continents or, to put it another way, Africa is no better than they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasablanca Story\u003c\/i\u003e was named in the Brittle Paper 100 Notable African Books of 2022 list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"In Koli Jean Bofane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573254652086,"sku":"9780253058799","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780253058799_8e86c824-d8bb-4244-8aec-b3055602f79c.jpg?v=1726140329","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/casablanca-story","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}