A Man of the People
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Book details
- Author
- Chinua Achebe
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Political
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780385086165
- ISBN-10
- 0385086164
- Vendor: Mia Karts
A Man of the People
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ISBN: 0385086164
Author: Achebe, Chinua
Condition: New
From the renowned author of The African Trilogy, a political satire about an unnamed African country navigating a path between violence and corruptionAs Minister for Culture, former school teacher M. A. Nanga is a man of the people, as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. When Odili, an idealistic young teacher, visits his former instructor at the ministry, the division between them is vast. But in the eat-and-let-eat atmosphere, Odili's idealism soon collides with his lusts-and the two men's personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. When Odili launches a vicious campaign against his former mentor for the same seat in an election, their mutual animosity drives the country to revolution.Published, prophetically, just days before Nigeria's first attempted coup in 1966, A Man of the People is an essential part of Achebes body of work.
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