by Joyce Cary · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140139334
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«Mister Johnson» is the novel by Joyce Cary, published by Penguin in paperback (256 pages, in English).
The story is set in colonial Nigeria and follows Mister Johnson, a young Nigerian employed in the British administration. Mister Johnson's optimism and his desire to modernize his country clash with an environment that does not understand him, in a narrative about cultural clash, identity, and corruption.
Novel originally published in 1939. This Penguin edition includes an introduction by William Boyd.
For a general audience, especially readers of literary fiction interested in colonial narrative.
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary, known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. His most notable novels include Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth.
