Fortunate Slaves

Tony Hanssen, the hero of an earlier Lanoye novel, is back, and there are now two of him. One, in Buenos Aires, is in a tight spot in a squeaky hotel bed; the other, in South Africa, is sneaking through a wildlife reserve. From these opening scenes the plot races across continents to finish in China, in a present where Chinese money buys up Africa, fortunes hide in island tax havens and almost everyone looks out only for number one. The two men, a disillusioned loser and an eager nerd, are equally desperate to grab a slice of the wealth, and the comedy of their double identity masks a bleak view of humanity.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

299 pages in the original

Genres

Satire (assigned by AI)

Set in

South Africa, Argentina, China

First published

2013 by Prometheus

Author's age

55 when first published

ISBN

9789044622201 (original)

9789462380356 (World Editions, United Kingdom)

9781642860467 (World Editions, United States)

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