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Dangerous Love is a 1996 novel by Ben Okri set in Lagos of the 1970s. The novel is a reworking of an earlier book The Landscapes Within.Robert Ross Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English: An Anthology 2013 - Page 232 1136513361 His latest Read More..

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Description	Dangerous Love is a 1996 novel by Ben Okri set in Lagos of the 1970s. The novel is a reworking of an earlier book The Landscapes Within.Robert Ross Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English: An Anthology 2013 - Page 232 1136513361 His latest novel, Dangerous Love (1996), is a reworking of the earlier book The Landscapes Within; again devoted to portraying the upheaval of Nigerian life, the narrative also focuses on the role of the artist."Philip Darby Fiction of Imperialism 1998 0826420591 - Page 161 "In his latest novel, Dangerous Love, Ben Okri introduces the reader to some of the ugliness of life for the poor in Lagos of the 1970s. Although the protagonist, Omovo, struggles against.." The book is more conventional and realist than Okri's previous works.Jay Parini World Writers in English: R.K. Narayan to Patrick White 2004 0684312913 Page 461 "Critical perception that Okri had moved too far away from the realism that had sustained his lyrical and epic flights of imagination in his earlier works was put to rest with the publication in 1996 of the novel Dangerous Love."David Christopher British Culture: An Introduction 2002 - Page 52 "His later novel, Dangerous Love (1996), is a more conventional, realist story of corruption in Nigeria." The subject concerns love, corruption and memories of the Biafra War in Nigeria.Toyin Falola, Hetty ter Haar -Narrating War and Peace in Africa 2010 1580463304- Page 181 The novel Dangerous Love (1996) reconstitutes the Nigerian civil war through the memories of some of the major characters, who experience its traumatic effects.6 Because of the general violence of war and its aftereffects, Okri's writings ..."
Description	Dangerous Love is a 1996 novel by Ben Okri set in Lagos of the 1970s. The novel is a reworking of an earlier book The Landscapes Within.Robert Ross Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction in English: An Anthology 2013 - Page 232 1136513361 His latest novel, Dangerous Love (1996), is a reworking of the earlier book The Landscapes Within; again devoted to portraying the upheaval of Nigerian life, the narrative also focuses on the role of the artist."Philip Darby Fiction of Imperialism 1998 0826420591 - Page 161 "In his latest novel, Dangerous Love, Ben Okri introduces the reader to some of the ugliness of life for the poor in Lagos of the 1970s. Although the protagonist, Omovo, struggles against.." The book is more conventional and realist than Okri's previous works.Jay Parini World Writers in English: R.K. Narayan to Patrick White 2004 0684312913 Page 461 "Critical perception that Okri had moved too far away from the realism that had sustained his lyrical and epic flights of imagination in his earlier works was put to rest with the publication in 1996 of the novel Dangerous Love."David Christopher British Culture: An Introduction 2002 - Page 52 "His later novel, Dangerous Love (1996), is a more conventional, realist story of corruption in Nigeria." The subject concerns love, corruption and memories of the Biafra War in Nigeria.Toyin Falola, Hetty ter Haar -Narrating War and Peace in Africa 2010 1580463304- Page 181 The novel Dangerous Love (1996) reconstitutes the Nigerian civil war through the memories of some of the major characters, who experience its traumatic effects.6 Because of the general violence of war and its aftereffects, Okri's writings ..."

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