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The Lions' Den

Di: Iris Mwanza
Letto da: Chi Mhende
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A CRIMEREADS BEST DEBUT CRIME NOVEL OF 2024
ONE OF TIME'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2024
LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

'A great read' NUALA McGOVERN, BBC WOMAN'S HOUR
'A smash of a debut' ALEXANDER FULLER

Rookie lawyer Grace Zulu does not give up easily. She escaped an arranged marriage to put herself through university. Now she’s got her first case.

Her client is young Willbess ‘Bessy’ Mulenga, who has been arrested for offences ‘against nature’. Bessy works in a men-only bar, loves to dance, to wear dresses and live freely. But in 1990s Zambia, following your own identity can get you beaten, jailed or even worse. Grace is determined to get Bessy out of custody. Then her terrified, bruised client goes missing without a trace. She knows something bad has happened and that someone is trying to cover it up. Along with the most unlikely group of allies, Grace must take on powerful enemies at the highest levels – even risk her own safety – to get to the truth. The whole truth.

A debut novel that soars with passion and humanity, The Lions' Den is a moving story of prejudice, corruption, injustice, courage and solidarity. It shows us that no cause is ever a lost one.

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"A vibrant and pacey legal thriller with a big-hearted heroine you’ll be rooting for from the very first page" (PAULA HAWKINS)
"A great read" (NUALA McGOVERN)
"An evocative, touching and – in multiple senses – moving portrait of Zambian life and politics at a moment of great transformation" (NAMWALI SERPELL)
"Such a good thriller . . . I loved this book" (NATALIE JAMIESON)
"A beautiful read – short, gripping and full of intriguing characters. It blends legal procedural and activism . . . Mwanza gives us characters who show us why the stakes are way too high for us to sit on the sidelines"
"A riveting legal thriller set in the corrupt and homophobic political world of Zambia in the early 1990s . . . Mwanza brings her experience as both a former lawyer and a native of Zambia to this provocative page-turner"
"[A] stellar debut mystery"
"An angry and heartrending novel, told with verve and a deep understanding of systemic cruelty . . . Compelling"
"A refreshing, spirited debut [that] would appeal to anyone interested in modern African history, the collision of religion and tradition, progressive movements and the entanglement of power and corruption"
"A smash of a debut . . . Iris Mwanza has taken it all on, from the original reverberating assault of British colonialism to what happened next, to a sideswipe at contemporary Zambia, and she's done it with literal grace" (ALEXANDRA FULLER)
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