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Chris Abani

GraceLand (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) In Chris Abani's GraceLand, a teenage Elvis-impersonator in Lagos, Nigeria lives in poverty as he pursues an American pop-culture dream of success....

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By Michael Silverblatt • Apr 29, 2004 • 30m Listen

In

GraceLand

(Farrar, Straus & Giroux), a teenage Elvis-impersonator in Lagos, Nigeria lives in poverty as he pursues an American pop-culture dream of success. In this conversation, author

Chris Abani, a Nigerian who lives in America, explores how his hero learns to turn to his African culture for hope and sustenance.

Read an excerpt from GraceLand.

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