Hangman
(Book)

"A shockingly original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond"--,Provided by publisher.

A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone recognizes him, a man who calls him brother-- setting him on a quest to find his real brother, who is dying. In his search, a series of phantoms, guides, tricksters, bureaucrats, debtors, taxi drivers, relatives, riddles, and strangers will lead to the truth. -- adapted from jacket