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Chronicles from the land of the happiest people on earth

Soyinka, Wole (author.).

Summary: "A towering figure in world literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly one-half century: a savagely satiric, gleefully irreverent, rollicking, fictional meditation on how power and greed can corrupt the soul of a nation. ("You don't see things the same way when you encounter a voice like that."-Toni Morrison) In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka's hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Dr. Menka shares the grisly news with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer, and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne-the life of every party- who is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York. It now seems that someone is determined that he not make it there. Neither Dr. Menka nor Duyole knows why, or how close the enemy is, how powerful. Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is at once a literary hoot, a crafty whodunit, and a scathing indictment of Nigeria's political elite. It is a stirring call to arms against the abuse of power from one of that country's fiercest political activists, who just happens to be a global literary giant"--

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  • ISBN: 0593320166
  • ISBN: 9780593320167
  • Physical Description: 444 pages ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, 2021.
Subject: Sale of organs, tissues, etc Nigeria Fiction
Abuse of administrative power Nigeria Fiction
Nigeria Fiction

Available copies

  • 17 of 17 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library FICTION SOYINKA (Text) 50686016099215 Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library SOY (Text) 33249024809604 Fiction Available -
Gettysburg Library FIC SOYINKA WOLE (Text) 35740635774136 Fiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) SOY (Text) 92524934 GFWM Main Room Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction Soyinka (Text) 39427103612701 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Available -
Martin Library Adults SOY Fiction (Text) 33454005815857 Reading Room Balcony Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity FIC SOY CHR 2021 (Text) 31001101832393 Adult Fiction Available -
Palmerton Area Library F So9 (Text) 65000000046716 Adult Fiction Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library FIC (Text) 30003009067479 Adult Fiction Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main Fiction Soyinka (Text) 33223008714130 Fiction Available -

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