The tale of a young African-American man's desultory quest for his own identity while living amidst the mysteries of modern-day Senegal. Battling a malarial fever, Evan Norris is taken in by the family of a powerful Marabou and finds himself absorbed in a world that is both ancient and modern.
- ISBN10 0316560588
- ISBN13 9780316560580
- Publish Date 1 February 1992 (first published 1 January 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 March 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little, Brown & Company
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover (UK Trade)
- Pages 296
- Language English