Hangman

<br> <br> LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024<br> <br> <br> A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years living in exile in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone at the airport knows him-a man who calls him brother. As they travel to this man's house, the purpose of his visit comes into focus: he is here to find his real brother, who is dying. In <i>Hangman</i>, Maya Binyam tells the story of this twisted odyssey, and of the phantoms and tricksters, aid workers and taxi drivers, the relatives, riddles and strangers that lead this man along a circuitous path towards the truth. <i>Hangman</i> is an uncommonly assured debut: a strangely honest story of one man's stubborn search for refuge - in this world and the one that lies beyond it.