Richer Than All His Tribe
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the turbulent decades following African independence, Richer Than All His Tribe charts the rise and catastrophic fall of Dinamaula, a noble and well-intentioned chieftain who ascends to lead his fictional nation of Pharamaul, only to find that power, corruption, and tribal politics conspire to destroy everything he has built. Nicholas Monsarrat constructs a searing political allegory set against the sun-scorched landscapes of post-colonial Africa, tracing with unflinching honesty how idealism curdles into despotism and how a man of great promise becomes the architect of his own people's ruin. Monsarrat, best known for his naval masterpiece The Cruel Sea, brings the same muscular, unsentimental prose style to this bold political novel, weaving together themes of colonialism, governance, corruption, and the complex legacy of empire. The novel stands as a controversial and thought-provoking counterpoint to the optimism of African independence movements, asking hard questions about power and human frailty that remain as urgent today as when the book was first published — a story whose lessons no reader will easily shake off.
Author: Nicholas Monsarrat
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, The Book Club, 121 Charing Cross Road, London W.C.2
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
In the turbulent decades following African independence, Richer Than All His Tribe charts the rise and catastrophic fall of Dinamaula, a noble and well-intentioned chieftain who ascends to lead his fictional nation of Pharamaul, only to find that power, corruption, and tribal politics conspire to destroy everything he has built. Nicholas Monsarrat constructs a searing political allegory set against the sun-scorched landscapes of post-colonial Africa, tracing with unflinching honesty how idealism curdles into despotism and how a man of great promise becomes the architect of his own people's ruin. Monsarrat, best known for his naval masterpiece The Cruel Sea, brings the same muscular, unsentimental prose style to this bold political novel, weaving together themes of colonialism, governance, corruption, and the complex legacy of empire. The novel stands as a controversial and thought-provoking counterpoint to the optimism of African independence movements, asking hard questions about power and human frailty that remain as urgent today as when the book was first published — a story whose lessons no reader will easily shake off.