THE LAUGHING CRY. AN AFRICAN COCK AND BULL STORY - Tecno-Libro

This novel,a classic of African literature, still speaks to us today. .We look back at Africa s grotesques like idi Amin of Uganda, Bokassa of the Central .African Empire or Zaire s Mobutu, but now we must also look around us at comic .opera heads of state posturing extravagantly on our domestic stages. We need this .cleansing laughter. is the funny bone a literary erogenous zone? Anyone who thinks so will .certainly be turned on by Henri Lopes The Laughing Cry . . . this writer .has the same feel for the literary burlesque that Woody Allen has for the .philosophical kvetch. San Francisco Examiner