African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou
Introduction Alain Mabanckou’s novel African Psycho, published in its English translation in 2007, represents a landmark achievement in postcolonial African literature. Moving away from the conventional thematic preoccupations of anti-colonial resistance or cultural nationalism, Mabanckou delivers a dark, satirical, and deeply ironic subversion of the Western true-crime and serial-killer genres. Critics have noted that the …
