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Mister Johnson : a novel

A fictional work of Literature of the rise and fall of the well-nigh irrepressible Mister Johnson, chief clerk of Fada in Nigeria.

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  • "Mr. Johnson"
  • "Mister Johnson ; Aissa è salva"

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  • "A fictional work of Literature of the rise and fall of the well-nigh irrepressible Mister Johnson, chief clerk of Fada in Nigeria."@en
  • "Johnson, a young native in the British civil service, is a clerk to Rudbeck, Assistant District Officer in Nigeria, and imagines himself to be a very important cog of the King's government. He is amusingly tolerant of his fellow Africans, thinking them uncivilized. Johnson loves the white man's ways and cheerily adopts them; he has enthusiasm that makes his boss Rudbeck overlook his rather vague office talents. This enthusiasm centers especially upon the construction of a road, and when Rudbeck had difficulty in getting funds from HQ, Johnson does some manipulation with the books. His peculiar sense of bookkeeping, together with his disdain for regulations, lands him in trouble. He gets the road built but is discharged. In despair and anger at being fired by his 'good friend' Rudbeck, he gets drunk, and accidentally kills a white store owner. He is condemned to death. Rudbeck tries to save him, but 'justice' cannot be reversed. Johnson is caught between two cultures, belonging no more to the new Africa than to the old. He begs Rudbeck, whom he looks upon as a father, to shoot him rather than let him be hanged by a stranger. Rudbeck grants this last request and ends the boy's life.-- Publisher description"

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  • "Powieść irlandzka w języku angielskim"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Roman irlandais de langue anglaise"

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  • "Missié Johnson : roman traduit de l'anglais par Yvonne Davet"
  • "Mister Johnson Roman"
  • "Mister Johnson : Roman aus Nigeria"
  • "Mister Johnson ; a novel"
  • "Mister Johnson : a novel"@en
  • "Mister Johnson : a novel"
  • "Mister Johnson a novel"@en
  • "Mister Johnson"@sv
  • "Mister Johnson"@it
  • "Mister Johnson"@en
  • "Mister Johnson"
  • "Mister Johnson"@es
  • "Mister Johnson"@da
  • "Mister Johnson : Oversat efter "Mister Johnson" 1939"@da
  • "Mister Johnson. [A novel.]"@en
  • "Mister Johnson. A novel"
  • "Mister Johnson : Roman"
  • "Mister Johnson [dt.]"
  • "Meneer Johnson"
  • "Mister Johnson : novel"@en
  • "Missié Johnson; roman. Traduit de l'anglais par Yvonne Davet"
  • "Mister Johnson Roman aus Nigeria"
  • "Mister Johnson [microform]"
  • "MISTER JOHNSON"
  • "Mister Johnson ; Aissa è salva"
  • "Mister Johnson ; Aissa è salva"@it
  • "Míster Johnson"@es
  • "Míster Johnson"
  • "Missié Johnson : roman"
  • "Mister Johnson, a novel"
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