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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In an unnamed country in Africa, Ofeyi writes propaganda jingles for the National Cocoa Corporation. As a part of his job, he is sent to Aiyeru, a small coastal village whose geographic landscape has largely kept the village insulated from the government and its corruption, to promote the company. Here, Ofeyi witnesses a traditional way of life and values that run counter to their country; this creates an inner shift. In a challenge against the government, Ofeyi soon finds that the revolution may be too difficult to control"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>From the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of our fiercest political activists--this</b> <b>political novel about the dangers of corruption, greed, and the desire for power is the follow-up to his acclaimed debut novel <i>The Interpreters</i>.</b></b> <p/>An African nation's struggle for independence is interwoven with a tragic love story in this compelling novel. When Ofeyi, who writes advertising jingles for the Cocoa Corporation, is sent on a promotional tour of his unnamed country, he arrives at a coastal village whose remote location has long kept it insulated from the corrupt national government. Here Ofeyi discovers a traditional way of life that is still flourishing and he is inspired to spread its life-affirming values to his suffering country. But challenging the forces of greed and exploitation provokes a horrific response, and when Ofeyi's beloved wife goes missing, he must travel across a war-scarred landscape in search of her. Infusing the myth of Orpheus with his signature lyricism and moral profundity, Soyinka creates a dazzling story about the clash between idealism and reality.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Soyinka's favorite themes . . . are handled with a controlled and lyrical grace. <br><b>--<i>Times Literary Supplement</i> </b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>WOLE SOYINKA, the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a distinguished playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist of global stature. Born in Nigeria, Soyinka studied at University College in Ibadan, Nigeria and University of Leeds, England. Soyinka's prolific body of work includes several poetry collections, over 20 plays, five memoirs including <i>Aké The Years of Childhood</i> (1981), and three novels--<i>The Interpreters</i> (1965), <i>Season of Anomy</i> (1973), and <i>Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth</i> (2021).

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