I accidentally sliced my finger cutting sausages for red beans and rice; nothing serious, but extensive typing is still a little awkward, which has slowed down getting things out. I should have the post on Sentimental Education ready tomorrow. But I wanted to say a little about the next fortnightly book, which is short enough that it might well be a one-week 'fortnight'. The book is Murder in the Cassava Patch, by Bai T. Moore.
Bai Tamia Johnson Moore (1916-1988) was born to the Gulah tribe in Liberia. He went to a missionary school and did so well that the missionaries arranged for him to go to high school, and then college, in the United States, where he attended Virginia Union and Howard. He returned to Liberia in 1941 and began collecting, editing, and studying Liberian poetry. The novella, Murder in the Cassava Patch, was published in 1968, and became an instant bestseller in Liberia, a status it has had ever since, having become the national novella of Libera, so to speak. It looks interesting enough, so we will see what it's like.