This novel is a treatment of the theme of corruption wrought by poverty. It is the story of an upright man resisting the temptations of easy bribes and easy satisfactions and winning for his honesty nothing but scorn even from those he loves.
The beautyful ones are not yet born : a novel
β Scribed by Armah, Ayi Kwei, 1939-
- Book ID
- 110265620
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin
- Year
- 1968
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 690 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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