International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel (nominee)
"A richly detailed, poignant, and utterly fascinating look into another culture and how it is cross-pollinated by our own. It brings to mind the work of Ha Jin in its power and revelation of the new."--T. Coraghessan BoyleThe sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria, provides the backdrop to the story of Elvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator hoping to make his way out of the ghetto. Nuanced, lyrical, and pitch perfect, this is a remarkable story of a son and his father, and an examination of postcolonial Nigeria, where the trappings of American culture reign supreme.

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Title: Graceland
Author(s): Chris Abani
ISBN: 1-4193-0301-5 / 978-1-4193-0301-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: RecordedBooks
Availability: Amazon
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January 2005 : Canada, UK Kindle edition