Houseboy / Ferdinand Oyono ; translated from the French by John Reed.

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Cameroonian houseboy Toundi dreams of advancement and so studies the world of his white masters closely. "Gradually his eyes are opened to its realities, and in the end this leads to tragic consequences because the Europeans cannot endure the gaze of the man they have destroyed."--P. [4] of cover.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	African writers series ; 29.
Main Author:	Oyono, Ferdinand, 1929-2010
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	French
Published:	Oxford : Heinemann, 1990, ©1966.
Series:	African writers series ; 29.
Subjects:	Household employees > Cameroon > Fiction. Cameroon > Fiction. Diary fiction. Household employees. Cameroon. Fiction.
Genre:	Fiction. Diary fiction.
Physical Description:	122 pages ; 19 cm.
Format:	Book

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