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Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

A Novel

By Wole Soyinka

By Wole Soyinka

By Wole Soyinka

By Wole Soyinka

By Wole Soyinka

By Wole Soyinka

By Wole Soyinka

By Wole Soyinka

By Wole Soyinka
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    About Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

    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.

    About Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

    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.

    About Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

    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.

    About Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

    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.

    About Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth

    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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    About Wole Soyinka

    WOLE SOYINKA was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1934, he is an author, playwright, poet, and political activist whose prolific body of work includes The Interpret­ers, his debut novel that was published… More about Wole Soyinka

    About Wole Soyinka

    WOLE SOYINKA was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1934, he is an author, playwright, poet, and political activist whose prolific body of work includes The Interpret­ers, his debut novel that was published… More about Wole Soyinka

    About Wole Soyinka

    WOLE SOYINKA was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1934, he is an author, playwright, poet, and political activist whose prolific body of work includes The Interpret­ers, his debut novel that was published… More about Wole Soyinka

    About Wole Soyinka

    WOLE SOYINKA was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1934, he is an author, playwright, poet, and political activist whose prolific body of work includes The Interpret­ers, his debut novel that was published… More about Wole Soyinka

    About Wole Soyinka

    WOLE SOYINKA was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986. Born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1934, he is an author, playwright, poet, and political activist whose prolific body of work includes The Interpret­ers, his debut novel that was published… More about Wole Soyinka

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 02, 2022 | 464 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780593314470

    Category: Fiction

    Large Print | $30.00
    Published by Random House Large Print
    Nov 02, 2021 | 736 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780593460344

    Category: Fiction

    Hardcover | $28.00
    Published by Pantheon
    Sep 28, 2021 | 464 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780593320167

    Category: Fiction

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Pantheon
    Sep 28, 2021 | 464 Pages | ISBN 9780593320174

    Category: Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $27.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 28, 2021 | 1301 Minutes | ISBN 9780593459584

    Praise

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S MUST READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE GUARDIAN‘S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    “Though his work has spanned multiple genres—poetry, plays, memoirs and essays—[Soyinka’s] new novel manages to chart fresh territory. . . . Chronicles combines elements of a murder mystery, a searing political satire and an Alice in Wonderland-like modern allegory of power and deceit.”
    —Los Angeles Times

    “It is Soyinka’s greatest novel, his revenge against the insanities of the nation’s ruling class and one of the most shocking chronicles of an African nation in the 21st century. It ought to be widely read.”
    —Ben Okri, The Guardian
      
    “A biting satire that looks at corruption in an imaginary contemporary Nigeria, Chronicles is also an intriguing and droll whodunit. . . . A brilliant story that takes on politics, class, corruption, and religion from the very first chapters. It highlights Soyinka’s lush, elegant language.”
    —Publishers Weekly

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