”The ‘very horrific’ story of Crédit a voyagé, a filthy Congolese bar, is told here by one of its most assiduous customers, Verre Cassé, who has been entrusted by the owner with the task of immortalizing in a makeshift notebook the astonishing feats of the troupe of fantastic cripples who frequent it. In this metaphysical farce, where the sublime mingles with the grotesque, Alain Mabanckou, with the rhythmic language and talent for irony that distinguish him from the younger generation of African writers, presents us with a lively and delightful portrait of another African reality, far removed from the ethnic tableaux of the moment.

Threshold