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CHRONICLES FROM THE LAND OF THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in
Literature gives us a tour de force  combining elements of a murder mystery  a searing
political satire and an Alice in Wonderland-like modern allegory of power and deceit (Los
Angeles Times). 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 deter­mined that he not make it
there. And neither Dr. Menka nor Duyole knows why  or how close the enemy is  or how powerful.
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is at once a literary hoot  a crafty
whodunit  and a scathing indictment of political and social corrup­tion. It is a stirring call
to arms against the abuse of power from one of our fiercest political activists  who also
happens to be a global literary giant.

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