Book - Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth: A Novel

Hardback, 444 pages, published 2020. Wole Soyinka won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, becoming the first African Laureate. This is his third novel. Excellent pre-owned condition. Some minor cosmetic wear on the dust cover and a crease on a front page (see pics) but otherwise this copy is like new. "A scathingly witty whodunit and an indictment of Nigeria's political elite, this story is a provocative call to arms from an international literary giant and one of the country's most relentless political activists. Wole Soyinka aims directly at the corridors of power as he warns against corruption both of high office and of the soul, with a dazzling lightness of touch and gleeful irreverence." The Plot: "Much to Doctor Menka's horror, some cunning entrepreneur has decided to sell body parts from his hospital for use in ritualistic practices. Already at the end of his tether from the horrors he routinely sees in surgery, he shares this latest development with his oldest college friend, bon viveur, star engineer and Yoruba royal, Duyole Pitan-Payne, who has never before met a puzzle he couldn't solve. Neither realize how close the enemy is, nor how powerful...."