New York: Pantheon Books, 2006. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition stated with full number line down to 1. White boards with blue spine and silver foil. A few light dings to corners and board ends. Clean interior with tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with a couple faint moisture stains across front panel and around bottom of front flap crease. Some sticker removal scars at barcode on back, edge/corner wear and some scuff marks to jacket.

Synopsis

From the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic--a magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African literature.In exile now for more than twenty years, Ngugl wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise. His aim in Wizard of the Crow is, in his own words,nothing less than "to sum up Africa of the twentieth century in the context of two thousand years of world history."Commencing in "our times" and set in the "Free Republic of Aburlria," the novel dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburlrian people. Among the contenders: His High Mighty Excellency; the eponymous Wizard, an avatar of folklore and wisdom; the corrupt Christian Ministry; and the nefarious Global Bank. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, Wizard of the Crow reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.Informed by richly enigmatic traditional African storytelling, Wizard of the Crow is a masterpiece, the crowning achievement in Ngugl wa Thiong'o's career thus far.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: LPB004925NW
Title: Wizard of the Crow
Author: wa Thiong'o, Ngugi
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First US Edition/First Printing
ISBN 10: 037542248X
ISBN 13: 9780375422485
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2006

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