by Gil Courtemanche · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782207101223
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«Un lézard au Congo» is a novel by Gil Courtemanche, published by Denoël in paperback (179 pages, in French).
Claude, a Quebec jurist attached to the International Criminal Court, tries to prosecute Thomas Kabanga, a Congolese war criminal. A procedural flaw sets Kabanga free and he returns to the Congo. Claude follows him to Bunia, deep in rebel territory, to keep gathering evidence, and ends up protecting the child soldiers who were his victims, while reality tests his ideals.
Originally published in 2010; the cover bears the subtitle 'roman'. A work of Quebec francophone fiction.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in international justice, moral dilemmas, and the effects of war on childhood.
Gil Courtemanche was a Canadian progressive journalist and novelist in low-income countries and international politics. He wrote for the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir.
