New York, My Village

by Uwem Akpan

Book Overview

From a suspiciously cheap Hell's Kitchen walk-up, Nigerian editor and winner of a Toni Morrison Publishing Fellowship Ekong Udousoro is about to begin the opportunity of a lifetime: to learn the ins and outs of the publishing industry from its incandescent epicenter. While his sophisticated colleagues meet him with kindness and hospitality, he is soon exposed to a colder, ruthlessly commercial underbelly--callous agents, greedy landlords, boorish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393881423
• ISBN13: 9780393881424
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.4"