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.