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Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987.
Subjects
Reagan, Ronald -- Fiction.
Prime ministers -- Fiction.
Musicians, Black -- Fiction.
Mistaken identity -- Fiction.
Attempted assassination -- Fiction.
Coups d'etat -- Fiction.
Nineteen eighties -- Fiction.
Africa, West -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
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Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987.
Reagan, Ronald -- Fiction.
Prime ministers -- Fiction.
Musicians, Black -- Fiction.
Mistaken identity -- Fiction.
Attempted assassination -- Fiction.
Coups d'etat -- Fiction.
Nineteen eighties -- Fiction.
Africa, West -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
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The minister primarily /
John
Oliver
Killens
; foreword by Ishmael Reed.
by
Killens
,
John
Oliver
,
1916-1987
.
Amistad 35, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
Call #:
FICTION KIL
Subjects
Reagan, Ronald -- Fiction.
Prime ministers -- Fiction.
Musicians, Black -- Fiction.
Mistaken identity -- Fiction.
Attempted assassination -- Fiction.
Coups d'etat -- Fiction.
Nineteen eighties -- Fiction.
Africa, West -- Fiction.
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780063079595 (hc.)
Description:
xxv, 464 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"A major literary event-the eagerly anticipated publication of a long-lost novel from legendary writer and three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee
John
Oliver
Killens
, hailed as the founding father of the Black Arts Movement and mentor to celebrated writers, including Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Arthur Flowers, and Terry McMillan. Wanderlust has taken Jimmy Jay Leander Johnson on numerous adventures, from Mississippi to Washington D.C., Vietnam, London and eventually to Africa, to the fictitious Independent People's Democratic Republic of Guanaya, where the young musician hopes to "find himself." But this small sliver of a country in West Africa, recently freed from British colonial rule, is thrown into turmoil with the discovery of cobanium-a radioactive mineral 500 times more powerful than uranium, making it irresistible for greedy speculators, grifters, and charlatans. Overnight, outsiders descend upon the sleepy capital city looking for "a piece of the action." When a plot to assassinate Guanaya's leader is discovered, Jimmy Jay-a dead ringer for the Prime Minister-is enlisted in a counter scheme to foil the would-be coup. He will travel to America with half of Guanaya's cabinet ministers to meet with President Ronald Reagan and address the UN General Assembly, while the rest of the cabinet will remain in Guanaya with the real Prime Minister. What could go wrong? Everything"--Publisher.
Genre:
Political fiction.
Black fiction.
Literary fiction.
Satire.
Other authors:
Reed, Ishmael, 1938-
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