Description
The Maestro, the Magistrate and the Mathematician
The novel follows three Zimbabwean men as they struggle to find places for themselves in Scotland. As he wanders Edinburgh with his Walkman on a constant loop of the music of home, the Magistrate_?_a former judge, now a health aide_?_tries to find meaning in new memories. The depressed and quixotic Maestro_?_gone AWOL from his job stocking shelves at a grocery store_?_escapes into books. And the youthful Mathematician enjoys a carefree and hedonistic graduate school life, until he can no longer ignore the struggles of his fellow expatriates.
In this novel of ideas, Huchu deploys satire to thoughtful end in what is quickly becoming his signature mode. Shying from neither the political nor the personal, he creates a humorous but increasingly somber picture of love, loss, belonging, and politics in the Zimbabwean diaspora.
About the authorTendai Huchu's work has been translated into German, French, Spanish, and Italian. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Interzone, Wasafiri,and elsewhere. He was shortlisted for the 2014 Caine Prize.
Author Tendai Huchu
ISBN 9780797495005
Format Paperback
Pages 273p.
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