Foreign Gods, Inc.

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Foreign Gods, Inc.
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Author Okey Ndibe
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
Publisher Soho Press
Publication date
7 October 2014
Publication place Nigeria
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages357
ISBN 9781616954581
Preceded by Arrows of Rain  

Foreign Gods, Inc. is a 2014 novel written by Nigerian author Okey Ndibe. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Plot

Foreign Gods, Inc. is about Ike, a Nigerian who faced some difficulty after traveling to New York and working as a taxi driver. He comes back to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York business man for money. [5]

References

  1. Janet Maslin (29 December 2013). "Trying to Filch the Blessings of the Idol Rich". New York Times . Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. Ainehi Edoro (24 January 2014). "Foreign Gods Inc by Okey Ndibe - book review". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. "Nigeria's Okey Ndibe on his novel Foreign Gods Inc". BBC . 9 January 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. Justin J Stephani (20 January 2014). "Review: Foreign Gods Inc., by Okey Ndibe". Electric Literature . Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 Hector Tobar (12 January 2014). "Flirting with disaster and deities in 'Foreign Gods Inc.'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. Premium Times (21 January 2014). "Okey Ndibe's Foreign Gods, Inc.: Of moral absolutism and fallen gods, By Ikhide R. Ikheloa". Premium Times . Retrieved 5 August 2021.