The Leopard Boy
About this ebook
This wildly imaginative and culturally resonant tale by Daniel Picouly audaciously places black and mixed-race characters--including King Mac, creator of the first hamburger, who hands out figures of Voltaire and Rousseau with his happy meals, and the megalomaniac Black Delorme, creator of a slavery theme park--at the forefront of its Revolution-era story. Winner of the Prix Renaudot, one of France’s most prestigious literary awards, this book envisions a "Black France" two hundred years before the term came to describe a nation transformed through its postcolonial immigrant population.
CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French
About the author
Born in France as one of thirteen children of his French Caribbean parents, Daniel Picouly is a prolific author whose books include the autobiographical Le champ de personne, winner of the Prix des lectrices d’Elle, and Paulette et Roger, winner of the Prix populiste. From 2005 to 2011, he hosted the French cultural television program Café Picouly, and he currently hosts Le Monde vu par... Jeanne Garane is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina.
