Graceland (Today Show Pick January 2005)

A richly detailed, poignant, and utterly fascinating look into another culture and how it is cross-pollinated by our own. It brings to mind the work of Ha Jin in its power and revelation of the new.--T. Coraghessan Boyle The sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria, provides the backdrop to the story of Elvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator hoping to make his way out of the ghetto. Nuanced, lyrical, and pitch perfect, this is a remarkable story of a son and his father, and an examination of postcolonial Nigeria, where the trappings of American culture reign supreme.

• | Author: Chris Abani
• | Publisher: Picador
• | Publication Date: January 26, 2005
• | Number of Pages: 321 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0312425287
• | ISBN-13: 9780312425289