LA Times reviews Alain Mabanckou's new novel

"Black Moses" ("Petit Piment" in French), by UCLA Professor of French & Francophone Studies Alain Mabanckou, focuses on the life of a Congolese orphan. "[O]nce Moses' essential conflicts emerge — church versus state, good versus bad, family versus isolation — the brief novel gains liftoff, as pointed as it is funny," writes reviewer Mark Athitakis. The NY Times has also reviewed the novel.