The novel's three characters Chris, Ikem and Beatrice, live and work under a dictorship. Achebe recreates the atmosphere of post oil boom Nigeria, in which hope flourishes despite daily intimidation and oppression. With an introduction by Maya Jaggi. 223pp, UK. PENGUIN.

'In a powerful fusion of myth, legend and modern styles Achebe has written a book which is wise, exciting and essential...'. The Financial Times

'This is an outstanding novel by Africa's most accomplished writer.' Nuruddin Farah

Shortlisted for 1987 Booker Prize

233pp. UK. Heinemann African Writers Series.

The chief priest's authority is under threat from the tribe, the colonial power and even his own family. 240pp. African Writers Series.

A collection of verse written over the course of Achebe's long career in writing. Includes seven previously unpublished poems. Preface by the author. Notes, 84pp, UK. CARCANET, 1857548434

Short stories, including three set in the Biafran war. 123 pp. UK. African Writers Series, 0435901001

1972 PRINT ON DEMAND Paperback

New UK edition. An exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the life experience of the author. He argues that to redress the inequalities of global oppression, writers must focus on where they come from as their value systems are as legitimate as any other. Stories are a real source of power in the world, and to imitate the literature of another culture is to give that power away. Notes, index, x, 115pp, UK. CANONGATE, 1841953857

First published just before Nigeria's first coup, A Man of the People prophetically analyses post independence politics, idealism and the brutalisation which goes hand in hand with corruption. 149pp. UK. African Writers Series.

Using the 'fall' of one man, Achebe depicts the birth of a new age in Nigerian life; a powerful, disillusioning age of corruption. 154 pp. UK. Heinemann African Writers Series.

New Penguin edition. Enormously successful novel by the famed Nigerian writer, has sold over 8 million copies since it was first published in 1958. It traces the life of Okonkwo, a great man in traditional Igbo society, whose world is defined by the values and institutions of his cultural community. Written as the century of British rule was coming to an end, Achebe throws into sharp relief the forces, which originated in this historical reality and those which sprung from Okonkwo's own character, formed by the traditions he cannot compromise which hurtle the story to its tragic ending. 196pp, UK. PENGUIN BOOKS.

The original edition. UK. HEINEMANN AFRICAN WRITERS' SERIES.

An edition with additional material to help the non-Igbo reader understand this classic. Essays by two African critics, illus, maps, glossary, etc. In this novel old ways confront new in a parable of colonial cultural confrontation. UK. HEINEMANN AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES.

Everyman hardback edition includes new introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah. Gloss, xxi, 181pp, UK. EVERYMAN.