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Houseboy (novel)
1956 novel by Ferdinand Oyono
1966 English language edition | |
| Author | Ferdinand Oyono |
|---|---|
| Original title | Une vie de boy |
| Language | French |
| Published | 1956 (1956) |
| Publication place | Cameroon |
Houseboy is a novel in the form of a diary written by Ferdinand Oyono, first published in 1956 in French as Une vie de boy (Paris: René Julliard)[1] and translated into English in 1966 by John Reed for Heinemann's African Writers Series.[2]
Plot summary
The novel starts in Spanish Guinea with a Frenchman on vacation, who finds a man named Toundi, who has been injured and soon dies.
The Frenchman finds his diary, which is called an "exercise book" by Toundi. The rest of the story consists of the diary (exercise book) that the Frenchman is supposedly reading.
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There is no further discussion of the Frenchman after this point.
The first "exercise book" starts with Toundi living with his family. His father beats him con
