Bibliograph

Wife of the gods, a novel, Kwei Quartey

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Wife of the gods, a novel, Kwei Quartey

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Wife of the gods

Oclc number

466340880

Responsibility statement

Kwei Quartey

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Set in Ghana, this novel is the story of Detective Inspector Darko Dawson, who is sent from the big city to the village of Ketanu to solve the murder of an accomplished young AIDS worker. Darko's own mother disappeared from this same village many years ago, and as the mystery unfolds, the reader meets a rich cast of characters, and learns about Trokosi, a system where young teenage girls are sent to live with fetish priests to bring good fortune to their families. Darko explores the motivations and secrets of the residents of Ketanu, and in addition to solving a recent murder, discovers the shocking truth about his own mother's disappearance

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