Chronicles from the land of the happiest people on earth / (Record no. 131294)
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| control field | 21906997 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | ARRUPE |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20220411094217.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 210209s2021 nyu o 000 1 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2021006093 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978152663824 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | rda |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | f-nr--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR9387.9.S6 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 823/.914 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Other physical details | 25cm. |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Soyinka, Wole, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7154 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Chronicles from the land of the happiest people on earth / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Wole Soyinka. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Bloomsbury Circus |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 444p |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "A towering figure in world literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly one-half century: a savagely satiric, gleefully irreverent, rollicking, fictional meditation on how power and greed can corrupt the soul of a nation. ("You don't see things the same way when you encounter a voice like that."-Toni Morrison) In an imaginary Nigeria, a cunning entrepreneur is selling body parts stolen from Dr. Menka's hospital for use in 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- who is about to assume a prestigious post at the United Nations in New York. It now seems that someone is determined that he not make it there. Neither Dr. Menka nor Duyole knows why, or how close the enemy is, how powerful. Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth is at once a literary hoot, a crafty whodunit, and a scathing indictment of Nigeria's political elite. It is a stirring call to arms against the abuse of power from one of that country's fiercest political activists, who just happens to be a global literary giant"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Sale of organs, tissues, etc. |
| Geographic subdivision | Nigeria |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 51305 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Abuse of administrative power |
| Geographic subdivision | Nigeria |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 51306 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Nigeria |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Soyinka, Wole. |
| Title | Chronicles from the land of the happiest people on earth |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | New York : Pantheon Books, 2021. |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780593320167 |
| Record control number | (DLC) 2021006092 |
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| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Monograph ( Printed materials) |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | ARRUPE LIBRARY | ARRUPE LIBRARY | 11/04/2022 | PR9387.9.S6 | 46600008069 | 11/04/2022 | 11/04/2022 | Monograph ( Printed materials) |