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The coup
β Scribed by John Updike
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
Nothing in his previous life could have prepared Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou for his new role as the President of Kush. Neither the French army nor his American university provided a grounding in the subtle skills of revolutionary dictatorship. Still less did they expect him to acquire four wives...
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