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May 12, 2019
2 minutes
BY MEGAN MCCHESNEY
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The Old Drift
Namwali Serpell
Hogarth, $38
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It’s difficult to define this ambitious story revolving around the African nation of Zambia: Part historical novel, part magical realism, part science-fiction, part examination of the impact of colonialism.
It begins with Percy M Clarke, a British photographer who’s on a mission to follow the Zambezi River to
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