Chronicles From The Land Of The Happiest People On Earth: A Novel

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. In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka's hospital for 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 to prevent him from making it there. Neither Dr. Menka nor Duyole knows why or how close their enemy is or how powerful. Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is 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.