The Fixer: Visa Lottery Chronicles

by Charles Piot

Book Overview

In the West African nation of Togo, applying for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery is a national obsession, with hundreds of thousands of Togolese entering each year. From the street frenzy of the lottery sign-up period and the scramble to raise money for the embassy interview to the gamesmanship of those adding spouses and dependents to their dossiers, the application process is complicated, expensive, and unpredictable. In The Fixer Charles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478003049
• ISBN13: 9781478003045
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"