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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808677003321

Autore

Alobwede D'Epie Charles

Titolo

The bad samaritan / / Charles Alobwed'Epie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa, 2009

ISBN

1-283-19820-7

9956-716-21-9

9786613198204

9956-716-33-2

9956-615-40-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

820

Soggetti

Cameroonian fiction (English)

Cameroonian literature (English)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty One; Chapter Twenty Two; Chapter Twenty Three; Chapter Twenty Four; Chapter Twenty Five; Chapter Twenty Six; Chapter Twenty Seven; Chapter Twenty Eight; Chapter Twenty Nine; Chapter Thirty; Chapter Thirty One

Chapter Thirty Two Chapter Thirty Three; Chapter Thirty Four; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

The Bad Samaritan is set in a kleptomaniac and highly corrupt imaginary African country called Ewawa. Due to mismanagement, financial institutions collapse. Salaries are slashed and there is unprecedented unemployment leading to country exodus. Professor Esole and his wife are not only aggrieved by the salary slashes, but also by the dubious closure of the Post Office Savings Bank with their savings. Desperate for money, they resort to borrowing from private sources at exorbitant interest rates. Esole toddles into politics with the



aim of righting things. Will his naive approach to politics