Great African Reads discussion

This thread is for discussion of The Maestro, the Magistrate and the Mathematician by Tendai Huchu

I am actually reading this for one of the book clubs I belong to, and we hope to discuss it next week!

Nina wrote: "I am actually reading this for one of the book clubs I belong to, and we hope to discuss it next week!" Excellent - you're ahead of the curve ;) I hope you'll share your thoughts here as well.

I just downloaded the e-book. I liked the Hairdresser from Harare, so I'll probably enjoy this one as well.

For those of you who have finished the book, what do you think about the ending? [spoiler alert sort of]

I made it through this. It felt like an uphill battle... I hate books about men feeling sorry for themselves and doing nothing about it, and this kind of pushed those buttons for me. Full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (mostly spoiler free)

To you question, Nina: That was weird! Further comments inside these spoiler tags:
(view spoiler)[It felt like a book where NOTHING happened (by bias, I like plot), little to no plot, just (rather boring) glimpses of trying to score girls, accept your faith as a minimum wage worker og just be depressed (yay!?)... And then he glues on a (psychological thriller-like) twist at the end - so now am I supposed to re-read it in this other view and read a book with a plot? Well it might be clever, and go over well for literary analysis at university, but no thanks... Was that a desperate act to try and bring some plot in? Whatever. I was not pleased - but it wasn't the ending that ruined it, it was the rest! (hide spoiler)]

I just finished the book. I especially enjoyed how the struggle of refugees/immigrants is integrated in the story, in different aspects through the various characters. The storyline is surely less straightforward than the (very) predictable Hairdresser from Harare, and contains quite some surprises, not in the least at the end. I did like those turns.