Dust
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Knopf, 2014.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
369 pages ; 25 cm
Status:
Description
"A novel that opens with a young man's murder on the day of the tumultuous 2007 election in Kenya, but then goes into the history of his family and of the splintered African nation around them--in scenes stretching back to a shocking political assassination in 1969 and the Mau Mau uprisings against British colonial rule in the 1950s"--
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Status
Guilford Adult Fiction
FIC OWUOR
Due May 30, 2025
Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction
F OWUOR
On Shelf
Orange/Case Adult Fiction Book
Fiction Owuor
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Other Subjects
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Street Date:
1401
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307961204, 0307961206
Notes
Description
"A novel that opens with a young man's murder on the day of the tumultuous 2007 election in Kenya, but then goes into the history of his family and of the splintered African nation around them--in scenes stretching back to a shocking political assassination in 1969 and the Mau Mau uprisings against British colonial rule in the 1950s"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Owuor, Y. A. (2014). Dust. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo. 2014. Dust. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo, Dust. Knopf, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo. Dust. Knopf, 2014.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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