The Coup
Nothing in his previous life could have prepared Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou for his new role as the President of Kush. Neither the French army nor his American university provided a grounding in the subtle skills of revolutionary dictatorship. Still less did they expect him to acquire four wives...
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- ISBN-13
- 9780141923062
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Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1978)
Other awarded books from John Updike
- Rabbit is Rich (2006)3 wins · 36 score
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- The Centaur (2007)1 win · 12 score
- The Early Stories: 1953-1975 (2007)1 win · 12 score
- Bech: A Book (2012)0 wins · 4 score
- Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories (1963)0 wins · 4 score
- Rabbit Redux (2010)0 wins · 4 score
- Rabbit, Run (1960)0 wins · 4 score
- Roger's Version (2006)0 wins · 4 score
- The Poorhouse Fair (2012)0 wins · 4 score
- The Witches of Eastwick (2012)0 wins · 4 score
- Too Far to Go (2012)0 wins · 4 score
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