Standing Heavy

Winner of the 2023 Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize • Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize • One of The Walrus'' Best Fall Books of 2023

A funny, fast-paced, and poignant take on Franco-African history, as told through the eyes of three African security guards in Paris. 

All over the city, they are watching: Black men paid to stand guard, invisible among the wealthy flâneurs and yet ...