At Night All Blood Is Black: A Novel

"This novel brings readers into the trenches of World War I via Alfa Ndiaye, a Senegalese soldier who has enlisted in the French army as a “Chocolat.” Alfa declines to slit his wounded compatriot’s throat in what would be a mercy killing and descends into madness. At Night All Blood is Black takes readers on a vertiginous tour of war and home, in writing that feels at once accurate and delusional. The result: A stark warning about the savage consequences of war, a masterful dive into colonial domination and the invocation of canonical texts against a world that is anarchic, violent and surreal."