TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bulawayo,NoViolet
TI  - Glory
SN  - 9781784744304
AV  - PR9390.9.B85 G56 2022
U1  - 823.92 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - London
PB  - Chatto & Windus
KW  - Coups d'état
KW  - Africa
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Totalitarianism
KW  - War
KW  - Colonists
KW  - Liberty
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Leadership
KW  - World politics
KW  - Soft power (Political science)
KW  - Animals
KW  - Revolutions
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - fast
KW  - Animal fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Satire
N2  - An effervescent, punchy, piercingly funny novel exploring the fall of Robert Mugabe from Booker-shortlisted Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo Glory is an energy burst, an exhilarating ride. A bold, vivid chorus of animal voices calls out the dangerous absurdity of contemporary global politics, and helps us see our human world more clearly. A long time ago, in a bountiful land not so far away, the animal denizens lived quite happily. Then the colonisers arrived. After nearly a hundred years, a bloody War of Liberation brought new hope for the animals - along with a new leader. A charismatic horse who commanded the sun and ruled and ruled and kept on ruling. For forty years he ruled, with the help of his elite band of Chosen Ones, a scandalously violent pack of Defenders and, as he aged, his beloved and ambitious young donkey wife, Marvellous. But even the sticks and stones know there is no night ever so long it does not end with dawn. And so it did for the Old Horse, one day as he sat down to his Earl Grey tea and favorite radio programme. A new regime, a new leader. Or apparently so. And once again, the animals were full of hope . . . Glory tells the story of a country seemingly trapped in a cycle as old as time. And yet, as it unveils the myriad tricks required to uphold the illusion of absolute power, it reminds us that the glory of tyranny only lasts as long as its victims are willing to let it. History can be stopped in a moment. With the return of a long-lost daughter, a #freefairncredibleelection, a turning tide - even a single bullet
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