The Dancing Face

<p><b>A sensational, original thriller that examines the powerful link between identity, sacrifice and possession, and questions our compulsive need to chase after ambitions that leave devastation in their wake</b><br><br>University lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, The Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention.<br>Which is exactly what he wants.<br><br>But such a risky theft will also inevitably capture the attention of characters with more money, more power, and fewer morals.<br><br>Naively entangling his loved ones in his increasingly dangerous pursuit of righteous reparation, is Gus prepared for what it will cost him?<br><br><b>'This book is brutal, deep, cunning and unbearably beautiful' <i>Independent </i></b><br><br><b>Selected by Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, this series rediscovers and celebrates pioneering books depicting black Britain that remap the nation.</b></p> <p><b>A sensational, original thriller that examines the powerful link between identity, sacrifice and possession, and questions our compulsive need to chase after ambitions that leave devastation in their wake</b><br><br>University lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, The Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention.<br>Which is exactly what he wants.<br><br><br>But such a risky theft will also inevitably capture the attention of characters with more money, more power, and fewer morals.<br><br><br>Naively entangling his loved ones in his increasingly dangerous pursuit of righteous reparation, is Gus prepared for what it will cost him?<br><br><br><b>'This book is brutal, deep, cunning and unbearably beautiful' <i>Independent </i></b><br><br><b>Selected by Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, this series rediscovers and celebrates pioneering books depicting black Britain that remap the nation.</b></p>