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No Longer at Ease

Paperback • 2010 • English

No Longer at Ease

By Chinua Achebe

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About the book

Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who, thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain, has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the way of government seems to be backhanders and corruption. Obi manages to resist the bribes that are offered to him, but when he falls in love with an unsuitable girl - to the disapproval of his parents - he sinks further into emotional and financial turmoil. The lure of easy money becomes harder to r...Show more

Fiction: general and literary
Classic fiction: general and literary
Historical fiction

Book details

ISBN

9780141191553

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

No Longer at Ease

Format

Paperback

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