Book Details
Black Mischief (Twentieth Century Classics S.)
Waugh, Evelyn
Summary
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.
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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Highlights
- Easy to enjoy: 240 pages · Paperback
- By Waugh, Evelyn
Details
- ISBN: 9780140182408
- Author: Waugh, Evelyn
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- Language: English
- Publication date: 28 September 1989
- Condition: Used – Like New
Reviews
Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom.

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