cover image Anthills of the Savannah

Anthills of the Savannah

Chinua Achebe. Anchor Books, $14 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-385-26045-9

``This bitterly ironic novel by the Nigerian author of Things Fall Apart is at times more of a polemic than dramatic narrative, but it presents a candid, trenchantly insightful view of contemporary Africa,'' wrote PW of the portrait of a West African military coup leader, and his moral deterioration. (Jan.)