She Would Be King

'This bold début novel uses magic realism to reimagine the founding of Liberia... The force and the symbolism of myth pervade Moore's engrossing tale' New Yorker 'Epic, beautiful, and magical, this astonishing first novel boldly announces the arrival of a remarkable new storyteller' Edwidge Danticat In the West African village of Lai, red-haired Gbessa is cursed at birth and exiled...