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245 10 a| Nigerians in space :b| a novel /c| by Deji Bryce Olukotun.;

264 1 a| Los Angeles :b| Unnamed Press,c| [2014];

300 a| 295 pages :b| illustrations, portrait ;c| 21 cm;

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520 a| 1993. Houston. Dr. Wale Olufunmi, lunar rock geologist, has a life most Nigerian immigrants would kill for, but then most Nigerians aren't Wale--a great scientific mind in exile with galactic ambitions. Then comes an outlandish order: steal a piece of the moon. With both personal and national glory at stake, Wale manages to pull off the near impossible, setting out on a journey back to Nigeria that leads anywhere but home. Compelled by Wale's impulsive act, Nigerians traces arcs in time and space from Houston to Stockholm, from Cape Town to Bulawayo, picking up on the intersecting lives of a South African abalone smuggler, a freedom fighter's young daughter, and Wale's own ambitious son. Deji Olukotun's debut novel defies categorization, a story of international intrigue that tackles deeper questions about exile, identity, and the need to answer an elusive question: what exactly is brain gain? -- Back cover.;

505 0 a| Machine generated contents note: Book I -- The Moon Rock Thief -- Bathing with Perlemoen -- Evil Knows Where Evil Sleeps -- Laundering -- Georgie -- Tea with Bello -- The Fallback -- Book II -- The Abalone of Obz -- Mrs. Niyangabo -- Pollsmoor Prison -- I Heard Nothing -- Wale's Son -- Adrian -- In the Dark -- Home Affairs -- Book III -- Melle -- Constable Viljoen -- In the Mc Clean -- Load-shedding -- A Hundred and Seventy -- Abuja -- Transplant.;

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Nigerians in space : a novel / by Deji Bryce Olukotun.

Author/creator	Olukotun, Deji Bryce author.
Format	Book
Publication	Los Angeles : Unnamed Press, [2014]
Description	295 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm
Subjects	Immigrants--Fiction. Nigerians--United States. --Fiction. Theft--Fiction.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: Book I -- The Moon Rock Thief -- Bathing with Perlemoen -- Evil Knows Where Evil Sleeps -- Laundering -- Georgie -- Tea with Bello -- The Fallback -- Book II -- The Abalone of Obz -- Mrs. Niyangabo -- Pollsmoor Prison -- I Heard Nothing -- Wale's Son -- Adrian -- In the Dark -- Home Affairs -- Book III -- Melle -- Constable Viljoen -- In the Mc Clean -- Load-shedding -- A Hundred and Seventy -- Abuja -- Transplant.
Abstract	1993. Houston. Dr. Wale Olufunmi, lunar rock geologist, has a life most Nigerian immigrants would kill for, but then most Nigerians aren't Wale--a great scientific mind in exile with galactic ambitions. Then comes an outlandish order: steal a piece of the moon. With both personal and national glory at stake, Wale manages to pull off the near impossible, setting out on a journey back to Nigeria that leads anywhere but home. Compelled by Wale's impulsive act, Nigerians traces arcs in time and space from Houston to Stockholm, from Cape Town to Bulawayo, picking up on the intersecting lives of a South African abalone smuggler, a freedom fighter's young daughter, and Wale's own ambitious son. Deji Olukotun's debut novel defies categorization, a story of international intrigue that tackles deeper questions about exile, identity, and the need to answer an elusive question: what exactly is brain gain? -- Back cover.
Local note	Joyner Schlobin Coll.: See also manuscript material related to the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Ask in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Acquisitions source	Joyner Schlobin Coll. item purchased from Amazon 20250224
Genre/form	Fantasy fiction.
Genre/form	Science fiction.
Genre/form	Fantasy fiction.
Genre/form	Fiction.
Genre/form	Science fiction.
Genre/form	Science fiction.
Genre/form	Fantasy fiction.
Genre/form	Science fiction.
Genre/form	Fantasy fiction.
LCCN	2019299482
ISBN	9781939419019
ISBN	1939419018

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