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Graceland /
By: Abani, Christopher
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Publisher: New York : Picador, 2005Description: 321 p. ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0312425287; 9780312425289:.Subject(s): English fiction | Teenage boys -- Nigeria -- Fiction | African fiction | Elvis Presley impersonators -- Nigeria -- Fiction | Nigerian fiction | Nigeria -- Social conditions -- FictionGenre/Form: Bildungsromans.DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: In this coming-of-age tale set in the shadows of Nigeria's underworld, Elvis, a young Elvis impersonator, hopes to escape the ghetto of Lagos, but with no immediate prospects, he gravitates towards a life of crime. Ultimately, he must find a way to a 'Graceland' of his own.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 823.92 ABA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0057512 |
Total holds: 0
In this coming-of-age tale set in the shadows of Nigeria's underworld, Elvis, a young Elvis impersonator, hopes to escape the ghetto of Lagos, but with no immediate prospects, he gravitates towards a life of crime. Ultimately, he must find a way to a 'Graceland' of his own.