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020			_a9781681374291 _q(paperback)
020			_z9781681374307 _q(ebook)
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050	0	0	_aF / EKW _bP46 2020
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100	1		_aEkwensi, Cyprian, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPeople of the city / _cby Cyprian Ekwensi ; introduction by Emmanuel Iduma.
263			_a1111
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York Review Books, _c2020.
264		4	_c©1954
300			_apages cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aNew York Review Books classics
520			_a"A vivid coming-of-age tale set in a big Nigerian city about a young man trying to make his way as a journalist and band leader in the big city. When People of the City was published in 1954 it was immediately acclaimed as the first major novel in English by a West African to be widely read throughout the English-speaking world. People of the City tells the story of a young crime reporter and dance-band leader in a great West African city who comes to see that what he can do for the developing country in which he lives is more important than the considerable and varied personal pleasures he can find in the hectic life of the city. Ekwensi's delicious first book book has the swagger, bravado, and elation of the great bands of West Africa"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aCity and town life _zNigeria _vFiction.
651		0	_aAfrica, West _xSocial conditions _y20th century _vFiction.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aEkwensi, Cyprian, 1921- _tPeople of the city _dNew York : New York Review Books, 2020. _z9781681374307 _w(DLC) 2019039517
830		0	_aNew York Review Books classics.
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