TARGET READERSHIP Literary Fiction African Fiction Philosophical Fiction Readers of The Queue by Basma Abdel-Aziz (Melville House, 2016), The Death of Comrade President by Alain Mabanckou (The New Press, 2020), 2084 by Boualem Sansal (Europa) KEY SELLING POINTS Setting: Fictional city of Kalep in an unnamed African country Award-winning debut author from Senegal Debut for author and translator, who won the French Voices Grand Prize together for this book Timely story of totalitarianism and revolt A tale about the power of writing, the importance of free thought and freedom of expression Strong female characters, including grieving mothers