| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
444 pages ; 25 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"Originally published in Nigeria by Bookcraft Limited, Ibadan, in 2020"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"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, Duyole is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York, but it now seems that someone is deterUmined that he not make it there. And neither Dr. Menka nor Duyole knows why, or how close the enemy is, or how powerful. [This book] is at once a literary hoot, a crafty whodunit, and a scathing indictment of political and social corrupUtion."--Dust jacket flap. |
| Contents |
Oke Konran-Imoran -- The gospel according to happiness -- Pilgrim's progress -- Scoffer's progress -- Villa potencia -- Father, is that you? -- An intellectual property heist: the inside story -- Jos -- The rumble of the humble -- The audience -- The hand of God -- Boriga or bust -- Surgical transplant -- Badetona -- Badagry -- The Codex Seraphinianus -- A deadly rivalry -- A vigil too far -- The discreet funeral of the bourgeoisie -- Homecoming -- Ziggurat or death -- The board of happiness -- Clash of the titans |
| Subject |
Physicians -- Fiction.
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Sale of organs, tissues, etc. -- Nigeria -- Fiction.
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Abuse of administrative power -- Nigeria -- Fiction.
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Nigeria -- Fiction.
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Physicians. (OCoLC)fst01062841
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Abuse of administrative power. (OCoLC)fst00794802
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Sale of organs, tissues, etc. (OCoLC)fst01103784
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Nigeria. (OCoLC)fst01205229
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| Genre/Form |
Suspense fiction.
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Thrillers (Fiction) (OCoLC)fst01726755
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Political fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726702
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Suspense fiction.
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Thrillers (Fiction)
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Political fiction.
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| Added Author |
Pappas, Cassandra J., book designer.
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Wong, Linda, bookjacket designer.
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| ISBN |
9780593320167 hardcover |
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0593320166 hardcover |
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9780593320174 electronic book |
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9780593314470 (trade paperback) |
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0593314476 |
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