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ACHEBE, CHINUA A Man of the People.
New York, John Day, 1966, First US edition. Hardcover. Octavo, yellow cloth. Light rubbing to black spine lettering, light foxing to top page edges, front free endpaper has a neat ink owner name and a crease at inner margin, else fine, clean, tight and unworn. The black dust jacket has moderate edge wear, VG generally, flap price intact, colours bright. Fourth novel of this important Nigerian author, a satirical novel on corrupt and inefficient political regimes and the cult of the personality in Africa. A BURGESS 99 NOVEL: "Chinua Achebe hits hard. He does not make the error of assuming that evil is a monopoly of white civilization. All power corrupts. He qualifies his acerbity with a compassion for ordinary people which is unsentimental and clear-eyed. He conveys the physical atmosphere of Nigerian town life with sharp economy. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST BOOK TO COME OUT OF WEST AFRICA [emphasis mine]. " .
Offered for US$ 33.00 by: Steven Temple Books (ABAC/ILAB) - Book number: 25611
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