description: Set in the 1950s, this book tells of Diaw Falla, a docker for whom work exists merely to finance his true obsession - his writing. As his novel nears completion, he meets Ginette Tontisanne whose good connections ensure he is published - but, to his dismay, under her name.
language: English
title: Black docker
titlecomplete: Black docker (African writers series)
genres: Fiction, African Literature, France, Senegal, Literature
ratings_count: 102
publisher: Heinemann