The Coup

John Updike

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Published: Sep 30, 1978

Description:

SUMMARY:
Nothing in his previous life could have prepared Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou for his new role as the President of Kush. Neither the French army nor his American university provided a grounding in the subtle skills of revolutionary dictatorship. Still less did they expect him to acquire four wives!