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Soho Press
January 2014
On Sale: January 14, 2014
Featuring: Ike
336 pages
ISBN: 1616953136
EAN: 9781616953133
Kindle: B00E2RWQJU
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From a disciple of the late Chinua Achebe comes a masterful
and universally acclaimed novel that is at once a taut,
literary thriller and an indictment of greed’s power to
subsume all things, including the sacred. Foreign Gods, Inc., tells the story of Ike, a New York-based
Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an
ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New
York gallery. Ike's plan is fueled by desperation. Despite a degree in
economics from a major American college, his strong accent
has barred him from the corporate world. Forced to eke out a
living as a cab driver, he is unable to manage the emotional
and material needs of a temperamental African American bride
and a widowed mother demanding financial support. When he
turns to gambling, his mounting losses compound his woes. And so he travels back to Nigeria to steal the statue, where
he has to deal with old friends, family, and a mounting
conflict between those in the village who worship the deity,
and those who practice Christianity. A meditation on the dreams, promises and frustrations of the
immigrant life in America; the nature and impact of
religious conflicts; an examination of the ways in which
modern culture creates or heightens infatuation with the
"exotic," including the desire to own strange objects and
hanker after ineffable illusions; and an exploration of the
shifting nature of memory, Foreign Gods is a brilliant work
of fiction that illuminates our globally interconnected
world like no other.
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