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The Abyss of

Hatred

Joseph Kamsu

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Fictional story that explores how the author and many African immigrants tackle hostility, xenophobia, and
the falsehoods hidden behind the reassuring façade of Western society.
Based on the author’s personal and objectively introspective experiences and struggles in Italy.

Ben has lived in Italy for a long time with his family and fights against the brutality of social racism every day.
At forty-five he occupies a prestigious role in a hospital in Milan and is about to face the competition to fulfil
his lifelong dream: to become head of the gynaecology department, the pinnacle of a career which he has
dedicated so much of himself to.

Everything collapses when he is drawn to the home of Barbara: a friend in love with him. The woman is killed
by a stranger before his eyes. The police, without doing a thorough investigation, accuse Ben of the murder.

Locked up in San Vittore prison awaiting trial, Ben feels the social system against him. In the face of the
indifference of the authorities, he begins to look for answers on his own. Why was Barbara killed? Was he the
real target? Is it a personal or racial issue, or maybe there is something bigger behind the murder? Sarah, the
defence attorney, is ready to follow any lead to exonerate an innocent.

Joseph Kamsu has published numerous books in French (many of which are written under the pseudonym
King Jr. T.M.), as well as four novels in Italian with Robin Edizioni (Dis-integrarsi cercando la libertà and Il
Fortunato Dottore and L'Infelice Badante), and with Yogam Libri (L’abisso dell’odio and Che fine fa l’amore).
Kamsu resides in Milan and The Abyss of Hatred is the first of his novels written in English.

Publication Date: 28th January 2024 £9.99 ISBN: 9781805142188
Thema subject category: FBA – Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
paperback 198 x 129 mm 256 pp Portrait Author location: Milan

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