“Ba’bila Mutia handles words as a gifted sculptor would handle clay. This story is bittersweet, tender, often wickedly humorous and almost certain to elicit tears. After reading this novel, you will never look at everyone who comes into your life in quite the same way. The story is a quirky and thoughtful exploration of the impact of bureaucratic inertia on a beleaguered people languishing under the weight of poverty; it is a thoughtful and charming exploration of the impact a small ruling class has on countless others. This charming novel by Mutia should find a ready audience with English language speakers in general and scholars of African Literature in particular as it is an invaluable addition to the burgeoning corpus of Anglophone Cameroon literature.”
