EPISODE · Apr 29, 2004 · 29 MIN
Chris Abani
from Bookworm
GraceLand (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) In Chris Abani's GraceLand, a teenage Elvis-impersonator in Lagos, Nigeria lives in poverty as he pursues an American pop-culture dream of success....
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GraceLand
(Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
In Chris Abani's GraceLand, a teenage Elvis-impersonator in Lagos, Nigeria lives in poverty as he pursues an American pop-culture dream of success....
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