Villain's Dance

Fiston Mwanza Mujila was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1981 and lives today in Austria. His writing – including the International Booker longlisted Tram 83 – responds to political turbulence in his native country and frequently foregrounds its debt to jazz.Roland Glasser has published over 25 translations from French (fiction, art, travel, and trade non-fiction) alongside literary editing and theatre lighting design.

‘Mujila’s frenetic energy is captured in rapturous language by Roland Glasser, translating from the French. Recalling the gritty, exuberant novels of the South African Zakes Mda and the Congolese Alain Mabanckou, Mujila has brought to life a feverish tale of Africa’s underclass, whose demands – like the author’s – are hard to resist.’ New York Times