Camara Laye
"The Radiance of the King" is one of Guinean-born Camara Laye's symbolic novels. A white man called Clarence has just arrived in Africa, but has already lost all his money at gambling.
As a result, he has been thrown out of his hotel; he finds refuge in an African Inn.
Clarence goes out to find the African king of the country to enter his service. The king arrives on one of the rare occasions when he does appear in public, but Clarence cannot get more than a glimpse of him.
He is joined by an impudent beggar and subsequently by a pair of boys, Nagoa and Noaga, who are full of bounce.