The Coup
of John Updike
Description
The Coup describes violent events in the imaginary African nation of Kush, a large, landlocked, drought-ridden, sub-Saharan country led by Colonel Hakim FĂ©lix EllelloĂ». (âA leader,â writes Colonel EllelloĂ», âis one who, out of madness or goodness, takes upon himself the woe of a people. There are few men so foolish.â) Colonel EllelloĂ» has four wives, a silver Mercedes, and a fanatic aversionâcultural, ideological, and personalâto the United States. But the U.S. keeps creeping into Kush, and the repercussions of this incursion constitute the events of the novel. Colonel EllelloĂ» tells his own storyâalways elegantly, and often in the third personâfrom an undisclosed location in the South of France.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320 pages
- Publisher Fawcett
- Publication Date March 12th 1980
- First Publication 11/06/78
- Language English
- ISBN 9780449242599
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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