What if those spammy emails from princes about overseas banks were... real? An exiled prince teams up with the widow of a military general to recover their fortunes from the Bank of Burkina Faso.   This story appears in Ekaterina Sedia's collection MOSCOW BUT DREAMING. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LeVar Burton Reads

"The Bank of Burkina Faso" by Ekaterina Sedia

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