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Author Abani, Chris.

Title GraceLand / Chris Abani.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004.

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Location Call No. Status
 Central Library - Circulating Collection  PR9387.9.A23 G73 2004    Available
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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