A review by janey
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

5.0

Wow. Wow. That was kind of incredible. Imagine Girl, Woman, Other written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Now imagine that Marquez is a woman and writes in a more female-centric way. Now imagine that this writer has friends like William Gibson or Neal Stephenson. Now take into account that the story takes place in Zambia, where AIDS is still the scourge it was in the US in the 80s, but 60% of the PWA are women.
And that doesn't do it justice at all. This book should have had more acclaim. It is fantastic.