Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Roland Glasser discuss The Villain's Dance with Pedro Monaville

The Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith hosts author Fiston Mwanza Mujila and translator Roland Glasser to discuss and celebrate the release of The Villain's Dance with scholar Pedro Monaville.
Full of wit, music, and a rollicking cast of characters, The Villain's Dance shows Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Roland Glasser are back with a bang.
Zaire. Late 90's. Mobutu's thirty-year reign is tottering. In Lubumbashi, the stubbornly homeless Sanza has fallen in with a trio of veteran street kids led by the devious Ngungi. A chance encounter with the mysterious Monsieur Guillaume seems to offer a way out . . . Meanwhile in Angola, Molakisi has joined thousands of fellow Zairians hoping to make their fortunes hunting diamonds, while Austrian Franz finds himself roped into writing the memoirs of the charismatic Tshiamuena, the "Madonna of the Cafunfo Mines." Things are drawing to a head, but at the Mambo de la Fête, they still dance the Villain's Dance from dusk till dawn.
Hosted by the Transnational Literature Series at Brookline Booksmith, this virtual event was originally recorded on April 1, 2024.
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