The Wreckers, (Hardcover)

<p><strong>From Zimbabwean author George Makana Clarke, an audacious, darkly comic, and wildly entertaining epic of pirates, con men, and the enduring scars of the slave trade.</strong></p><br><p><em>Lisbon, 1954. </em>In the Military History Archives, a mysterious figure steals the Final Will and Testament of Garoto Bárbaro de Castro--a list of thirteen bequests, and a record of Garoto's remarkable life story. It is also a window onto many other lives connected to his, including that of the archival thief--his descendent, Nuno Bárbaro de Castro. </p><br><p>After stealing Garoto's Final Will and Testament, Nuno--artifact hunter, grave-robber, conman, fake veterinarian, and agent of Angolan Independence--sets off to hunt the listed artefacts, and unintentionally begins to collect the distant relatives of those mentioned in the Will, even when they don't want to be collected... </p><br><p><em>A Hundred Years of Solitude</em> meets <em>The Count of Monte Cristo</em>, <em> The Wreckers </em>is a centuries-spanning tour de force that moves between Angola, Cuba, and Louisiana's "Angola" prison to examine the scars of the transatlantic slave trade, and the consequences of prolonged civil war. </p>

• The Wreckers, (Hardcover)
• Author: George Makana Clark
• ISBN: 9798889662006
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-08-04
• Page Count: 350