321 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2004 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
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Born into poverty in the chaotic capital city of Nigeria, Elvis is tempted by the underworld and enters a life of crime, encountering beggers, musicians, and American pop culture as he tries to survive in postcolonial Nigeria.
Subjects
- Roman
- Teenage boys
- Elvis Presley impersonators
- Bildungsromans
- Fathers and sons
- Fiction
Places
- Nigeria
- Lagos (Nigeria)