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This novel is set in Maroko, a sprawling, swampy, crazy and colorful ghetto of Lagos, Nigeria, and unfolds against a backdrop of lush reggae and highlife music, American movies and a harsh urban existence.
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Prestige, grave, character-led and classical in form.
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- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Christopher Abani
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 321
- Publisher
- PicadorUSA, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780312425289
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