The Coup
Nothing in his previous life could have prepared Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou for his new role as the President of Kush. Neither the French army nor his American university provided a grounding in the subtle skills of revolutionary dictatorship. Still less did they expect him to acquire four wives...
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN-13
- 9780141923062
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Political powerPost-colonial AfricaIdentity and marriage
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1978)
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