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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