The Shadow of a Smile

Kachi A. Ozumba
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Torn from his father and a loving sister, the young student Zuba is imprisoned for a crime he has not even thought about committing. His misfortune is to live in a world where corruption is rife and honest and law-abiding people are crushed by the wheels of a blind, unscrupulous bureaucracy.
Genres: Fiction
314 Pages

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