num_pages: 240
description: Hiding her gambling addiction in her outside persona as a pious Muslim mother of four who is coping with the loss of a son to AIDS, Abeeda finds herself sinking into an increasingly shadowy world of deception, danger, and painful memories.
language: English
title: Confessions of a Gambler
titlecomplete: Confessions of a Gambler
genres: Fiction, Africa, African Literature
ratings_count: 248
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Sunday Times CNA Literary Award / Barry Ronge Fiction Prize
publisher: The Overlook Press