Description
A richly detailed, poignant, and utterly fascinating look into another culture and how it is cross-pollinated by our own. It brings to mind the work of Ha Jin in its power and revelation of the new. --T. Coraghessan Boyle The sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria, provides the backdrop to the story of Elvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator hoping to make his way out of the ghetto. Nuanced, lyrical, and pitch perfect, this is a remarkable story of a son and his father, and an examination of postcolonial Nigeria, where the trappings of American culture reign supreme.
Details
Released: Wed 26 Jan 2005
Catalogue Number: 0006190240
- Publisher: ST MARTINS PR
- Subject Development: Fiction - Action/Adventure
- Depth (m): 0.038
- Dewey: 813/.6
- Height (m): 0.21
- Pages: 321
- Published Date: Sun 30 Jan 2005
- Weight (g): 295
- Width (m): 0.14
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