The Dancing Face

By Mike Phillips

Book Overview

"This book is brutal, deep, cunning and unbearably beautiful"- The Independent

A blistering, original thriller that examines the powerful link between identity, sacrifice, and possession, as a Black university professor plans a burglary to "liberate" an African sculpture from a London museum . . .

University lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, the Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention. Which is exactly what he wants.

But such a risky theft will also inevitably capture the attention of characters with more money, more power, and fewer morals.

Naively entangling his loved ones in his increasingly dangerous pursuit of righteous reparation, is Gus prepared for what it will cost him?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1685891713
• ISBN13: 9781685891718
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.