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Black Mischief

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A biting satire about an African Emperor, educated at an English public school, who unilaterally decides to modernize his backward nation and brings in an English friend assist him, giving him the title Minister for Modernization.

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Evelyn Waugh

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Fiction British and Irish fiction (fictional works by one author) English literature children's fiction Fiction, humorous, general Fiction, humorous Fiction, satire Imperialism Primitive societies 1932

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