Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
NY. Riverhead Books. 2019. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 620pp. Maps. Red paper boards over blue cloth spine, titled in turquoise gilt on spine. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
A surreal fantasy. Lightly based on African mythology and cultural folklore. It is meandering and elusive. It reads like a dreamscape, full of portent and stark brutality and sexual weirdness. First book in a trilogy.
