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User Review - le.vert.galant - LibraryThingThis strange and beautiful book, full of amazing imagery, is like nothing else I've ever read (except, of course, Major Gentl and the Achimota Wars, another novel by the same author with similar ... Read full review
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User Review - GlebtheDancer - LibraryThingLaing's book is an ambitious attempt to describe the city of Accra (c.1980) through the interacting stories of its inhabitants. The central narrative deals with the aftermath of an event at the city's ... Read full review
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| Title | Search sweet country |
| Author | B. Kojo Laing |
| Publisher | Heinemann, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 10, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0434402168, 9780434402168 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General Ghana |
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