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I think I was expecting a second Things Fall Apart, which is hard to live up to.
It reminds me of an anecdote I once heard about Joseph Heller:
An interviewer asked him why none of his other books are as good as Catch 22, and Heller replied that it because no book could ever be as good as Catch 22.
It reminds me of an anecdote I once heard about Joseph Heller:
An interviewer asked him why none of his other books are as good as Catch 22, and Heller replied that it because no book could ever be as good as Catch 22.
On its surface, this story is about a young Nigerian man sponsored by his tribe to study in England so that he can obtain a good paying government job upon his return. Mostly, though, this is about the expectations of power and status and the corruption that inevitably follows. It's depressing. I was hoping he wouldn't turn into the kind of person he initially hated, taking bribes and representing the British power structure, even though I knew he would (the story starts with his trial for takin
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Really a tragic story. It starts at the end, then jumps back to the beginning.
I was really rooting for Oko even though I knew how it ended.
I was really rooting for Oko even though I knew how it ended.
Apr 23, 2015
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