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"A richly detailed, poignant, and utterly fascinating look into another culture and how it is cross-pollinated by our own. It brings to mind the work of Ha Jin in its power and revelation of the new."--T. Coraghessan Boyle The sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria, provides... read more
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“"..a newspaper editorial that stated, rather proudly, that Nigeria had a higher percentage of millionaires --in dollars, not local currency--than nearly any other country in the world, and most of them lived and conducted their business in Lagos. The editorial failed to mention....that Nigeria also had a higher percentage of poor people than nearly any other country in the world. What was it that his father had said about statistics? 'If you have it, flaunt it; if you don't, flaunt statistics.'"”
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“"...A country often becomes what its inhabitants dream for it. Much the same way that a novel shapes the writer, the people's perspective shapes the nation..."”
the King of the Beggars
First Sentence
Elvis stood by the open window.
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- Christopher Abani (Author)
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