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Author
Abani, Chris.
Title
GraceLand / Chris Abani.
Publication Info.
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004.
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PR9387.9.A23 G73 2004
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Edition
First edition.
Description
321 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
Born into poverty in the chaotic capital city of Nigeria, Elvis is tempted by the underworld and enters a life of crime, encountering beggers, musicians, and American pop culture as he tries to survive in postcolonial Nigeria.
Awards
PEN/Hemingway Award, 2005.
Subject
Elvis Presley impersonators -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
Lagos (Nigeria) -- Fiction.
Genre/Form
Domestic fiction.
ISBN
0374165890 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
9780374165895 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
0312425287 (paperback)
9780312425289 (paperback)
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