As Minister for Culture, the Honourable M. A. Nanga is 'a man of the people', as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. At first, the contrast between Nanga and Odili, a former pupil who is visiting the ministry, appears huge. But in the 'eat-and-let-eat' atmosphere, Odili's idealism soon collides with his lusts - and the two men's personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. Published, prophetically, just days before Nigeria's first attempted coup in 1966, "A Man of the People" is an essential part of his body of work dealing with modern African history.

作者簡介

　　Chinua Achebe (born in 1930) was educated at the University College of Ibadan, Nigeria. In total he has written over twenty books A– novels, short stories, essays and collections of poetry A– including Things Fall Apart (1958), Arrow of God (1964); Beware, Soul Brother and Other Poems (1971), winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize; Anthills of the Savannah (1987), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays (1988); and Home and Exile (2000). He is now a professor at Bard College, New York. Karl Maier was the African correspondent for the Independent from 1986 to 1996, and has contributed as well to the Washington Post and the Economist. He has written three books on Africa and now lives in London.