The Coup

The Coup

by John Updike
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Publisher:
Penguin UK
Genre:Fiction
Language: en
Published:October 26, 2006
ISBN13:9780141188959
ISBN10:0141188952

About the Book

The delicate, empty land of Kush is ruled over by Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou, an outrageous dictator. As his drought-ravaged African state teeters precariously between Soviet aid and American intervention, between tragedy and farce, the Colonel tells his story."