The laughing monsters
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Moab Library - Adult Fiction Book
F JOHNSON
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
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Roland Nair calls himself Scandinavian but travels on a U.S. passport. After ten years’ absence, he returns to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to reunite with his friend Michael Adriko. They once made a lot of money here during the country’s civil war, and, curious to see whether good luck will strike twice in the same place, Nair has allowed himself to be drawn back to a region he considers hopeless. Adriko is an African who styles himself a soldier of fortune and who claims to have served, at various times, the Ghanaian army, the Kuwaiti Emiri Guard, and the American Green Berets. He’s probably broke now, but he remains, at thirty-six, as stirred by his own doubtful schemes as he was a decade ago. Although Nair believes some kind of money-making plan lies at the back of it all, Adriko’s stated reason for inviting his friend to Freetown is for Nair to meet Adriko’s fiancée, a grad student from Colorado named Davidia. Together the three set out to visit Adriko’s clan in the Uganda-Congo borderland — but each of these travelers is keeping secrets from the others. Their journey through a land abandoned by the future leads Nair, Adriko, and Davidia to meet themselves not in a new light, but rather in a new darkness.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Johnson, D. (2014). The laughing monsters (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Denis, 1949-. 2014. The Laughing Monsters. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Denis, 1949-. The Laughing Monsters Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Denis. The Laughing Monsters First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
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