“The Crabs of Bangui is a hoax, one more proof that there can be no end to the ingenuity of crooks. But in it, Asong is more than usually visual, clipping chips of people, places and emotions for our ocular and sensual experience. His penetration of the human heart, motives and thoughts in this monument of human gullibility is so accurate you wouldn’t think this is only a story. It unfolding with relentless pace, consistently entertaining this tale is a triumph of the imagination.”
