No One Dies Yet: A genre-breaking novel from a powerful new African voice

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How do you begin a murder story starring a curious foreigner and an opportunistic local without giving away the entire plot-who died and why You start with the obvious villain.

2019, The Year of Return. It has been exactly 400 years since the first slave ships left Ghana for America. Ghana has now opened its doors to Black diasporans, encouraging them to return and get to know the land of their ancestors.

Elton, Vincent, and Scott arrive from America to visit preserved sites from the transatlantic slave route, and to explore the country's underground queer scene. Their activities are narrated by their two combative guides: Kobby, their way into Accra's privileged circles; and Nana, the voice of tradition and religious principle. The pair's tense relationship sets the tone for what becomes a shocking and unsettling tale of murder that is at times funny, at times erotic, yet always outspoken and iconoclastic.

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"A gorgeously sculpted book, No One Dies Yet is thrilling in a way that very few contemporary novels are. Kobby Ben Ben is a radical literary stylist on the rise."

' - Diriye Osman, author of The Butterfly Jungle

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Author Bio

Kobby Ben Ben was born and bred in Ghana. No One Dies Yet is his first novel.