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Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth 2021

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Literary fiction

By Wole Soyinka

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is a 2021 novel published by Bookcraft Africa on 28 September 2021. Nigerian playwright and novelist Wole Soyinka wrote this political satire inspired by a report claiming Nigerians are among the happiest people on Earth. The story follows Dr. Kighare Menka, a surgeon who uncovers a human body parts black-market operation occurring in his hospital. This work represents Soyinka's third novel, returning to the literary scene after Season of Anomy, published in 1973.

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Publisher

Bloomsbury Circus, Bookcraft Africa, Pantheon Books (US)

ISBN

9780593314470

Format

Print

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