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Born on a Tuesday : a novel
First edition.
John, Elnathan, 1982- author.
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Black Cat, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, |
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[2015] |
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264 pages ; |
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9780802124821 |
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1 copy available at University of Alberta - Rutherford Library.
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| PR 9387.9 J63 B67 2016 |
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.:Place Hold
Born on a Tuesday : a novel
First edition.
John, Elnathan, 1982- author.
.:Place Hold
Born on a Tuesday : a novel
First edition.
John, Elnathan, 1982- author.
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John, Elnathan, 1982- author.
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Title:
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Born on a Tuesday : a novel / Elnathan John.
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Edition:
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First edition.
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Publication:
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New York, NY : Black Cat, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, [2015]
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Copyright date:
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©2015
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Physical description:
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264 pages ; 21 cm
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text txt
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unmediated n
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volume nc
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Subject term:
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Religious fundamentalism--Fiction.
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Gangs--Nigeria--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Friendship--Fiction.
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Geographic term:
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Nigeria--Fiction.
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Genre index term:
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Novels.
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Genre index term:
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Bildungsromans.
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Summary:
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In the far reaches of northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys that are paid by the Small Party to cause trouble during the election. When their attempt to burn down the opposition's headquarters ends in disaster, Dantala must run for his life, leaving his best friend behind. He ends up at a mosque in a motor park where he soon becomes a favored apprentice to the mosque's Sheikh. He is assigned a roommate name Jibril, and a friendship develops as the boys trade language skills -- Dantala's Arabic for Jibril's English. But when one of the Sheikh's closest advisors begins to raise his own radical movement, Dantala finds himself faced with a terrible conflict of loyalties. As bloodshed erupts in the city around him, he must decide what kind of Muslim -- and what kind of man -- he wants to be.
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ISBN:
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9780802124821 (paperback)
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ISBN:
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0802124828 (paperback)
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ISBN:
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(ISBN invalid)9780802189905 (electronic bk.)
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ISBN:
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(ISBN invalid)0802189903 (electronic bk.)
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7483700
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