This collection of essays looks at the body of work of controversial Quebec writer Dany Laferrière, including his notorious first novel, Comment faire lœamour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer, through a variety of critical and analytic lenses. Issues such as identity, privilege, memory, exile and return are examined in relation to his writing.Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dany Laferrière worked as a journalist in Haiti before moving to Canada in 1976. He worked as a journalist in Canada, and hosted television programming for the TQS network. Laferrière published his first novel, Comment faire lœamour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer (How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired) in 1985. In 2009, Laferrière won the prestigious Prix Médicis for his 11th novel, Lœénigme du retour. Laferrière lives in Montreal, Quebec.