John Updike¡¯S new novel describes violent
events in the imaginary African nation of
Kush-a large£¬landlocked£¬drought¡ªridden£¬
sub¡ªSaharan territory ruled by Colonel
Hakim F6lix Ellellofi£®Colonel Ellellofi has
four wives£¬a silver M ercedes£¬and a fanatic
aversion-cultural£¬ideological£¬and personal
--tO the United States£®But the U£®S£®keeps
creeping into Kush£»the repercussions of this
subversion constitute the events of The
Coup£®The time of the novel iS more or less
that of the last year of Richard Nixon¡¯S
presidency£¬with flashbacks tO the Eisen¡ª
hower era£®Colonel Ellellofi tells his own
story£¬sometimes in the third person£®
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