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A really fun read, like Dominick Dunne's early books, without all the name-dropping.

Entertaining, quick read. Looking forward to reading book #2 so I can keep up with the hype!

This is a great collection of essays, including his famous attack on Conrad's Heart of Darkness as an unforgivably racist novel. There is also great material on issues like postcolonialism, oral vs written literature, as well as other topics. Achebe is a positive, hopeful voice in a global world that often seems bleak in terms of achieving multicultural harmony & understanding....