New York: John Day Co., (1966). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 167 pp. Original mango colored cloth-covered boards, stamped in black, blind-stamped with logo, in original unclipped ($5.95) dust-jacket. Light handling wear to panels and edges - particular to spine crown and foot with some light chipping, loss and reinforcement. Protected in archival mylar. Light fading to spine. Book is tight, square and firm. Mild shelf wear to edges with rubbing along the panels - particular to spine crown and foot. Interior clean and unmarked sans neat previous owner’s sticker to front paste-down. A few bumps to panel edges and corners. Some light toning to pages and edges.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“A Man of the People is a novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. Written as a satirical piece, "A Man of the People" follows the story told by Odili, a young and educated narrator, about his conflict with Chief Nanga, his former teacher who enters a career in politics in an unnamed fictional 20th-century African country. Odili represents the changing younger generation, while Nanga represents the traditional West African customs inspired by Achebe's native Nigeria. The book ends with a military coup, similar to the real-life coup organized by Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, Major Adewale Ademoyega, Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna, Captain Chris Anuforo, Major Donatus Okafor, and Major Humphrey Chukwuka. A selection of Anthony Burgess’ “Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 – A Personal Choice’.