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Texaco, by Patrick Chamoiseau, translated by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov (Pantheon, 401 pp., $27)

THIS book, written by a Frenchman from Martinique, has been translated into 14 languages and has received extravagant praise all over Europe. The New York Times put it on the cover of its Sunday book review. The next day, a Times reviewer announced that Texaco “marks the advent on these shores of a remarkable writer. This is a book that signals discovery!”

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Texaco, by Patrick Chamoiseau, translated by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov (Pantheon, 401 pp., $27)

THIS book, written by a Frenchman from Martinique, has been translated into 14 languages and has received extravagant praise all over Europe. The New York Times put it on the cover of its Sunday book review. The next day, a Times reviewer announced that Texaco “marks the advent on these shores of a remarkable writer. This is a book that signals discovery!”