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Search Sweet Country (Heinemann African Writers Series)
Kojo Laing
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Description for Search Sweet Country (Heinemann African Writers Series)
Paperback. A brilliant novel from Ghana portraying a crucial period in the nation's history. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
Set in 1970s Accra, this inventive and intense first novel by Kojo Laing provides an insight into aspects of a Ghanaian society caught in transition between tradition and modernity. Examining the beliefs, ideals and aspirations of a selection of those who make up the country (which include a politican, a professor, a farmer and a bishop) like a skilful bartender Kojo Laing has created a heady cocktail in Search Sweet Country that will not fail to stimulate the reader's mind.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Heinemann
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Heinemann African Writers Series
Publication date
2011
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Harlow, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780435045708
SKU
V9780435045708
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About Kojo Laing
Kojo Laing is renowned Ghanaian poet and novelist. His first two novels - Search Sweet Country and Woman of the Aeroplanes - were first published by William Heinemann in the 1980s. Acclaimed at the time by critics such as Robert Fraser and Adewale Maja-Pearce, the Heinemann African Writers Series’ republication of these seminal works comes at a time of renewed ... Read more
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