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DEBUT In action-based prose, Uhrlaub's debut about squandered Congolese resources unfolds cinematically. Therese spends her childhood in a bountiful village, surrounded by ripening bananas and silver fish from the lake. When it turns out that the bubbles in the lake come from methane gas rather than fish, big business encroaches. Rather than using the gas to power the Congo for generations, white men hire militia to enslave the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More