PANDORA IN THE CONGO
BY ALBERT SANCHEZ
PINOL, TRANSLATED BY
MARA FAYE LETHEM
NEW YORK: CANONGATE. 448 PAGES. $16.
Marcus Garvey is not Marcus Garvey. That is, Albert Sanchez Pinol's Marcus Garvey--half-Balkan servant to two well-heeled, good-for-nothing British brothers and African explores--resembles the Jamaican black nationalist in name only. The Garvey of Pandora in the Congo is thrown into a London prison just before the Great War, accused of murdering the brother during their Congolese adventure. His lawyer, Edward Norton, bears no relation to the fight Club actor. The novel's narrator, Tommy Thomson, has nothing to do with 2008 …
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