{"product_id":"this-house-has-fallen-karl-maier-9780813340456","title":"This House Has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis","description":"To understand Africa, one must understand Nigeria, and few Americans understand Nigeria better than Karl Maier. \u003ci\u003eThis House Has Fallen\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracing and disturbing report on the state of Africa's most populous, potentially richest, and most dangerously dysfunctional nation. Each year, with depressing consistency, Nigeria is declared the most corrupt state in the entire world. Though Nigeria is a nation into which billions of dollars of oil money flow, its per capita income has fallen dramatically in the past two decades. Military coup follows military coup. A bellwether for Africa, it is a country of rising ethnic tensions and falling standards of living, very possibly on the verge of utter collapse -- a collapse that could dramatically overshadow even the massacres in Rwanda. A brilliant piece of reportage and travel writing, \u003ci\u003eThis House Has Fallen\u003c\/i\u003elooks into the Nigerian abyss and comes away with insight, profound conclusions, and even some hope. Updated with a new preface by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Maier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813340454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813340456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.00d","brand":"Karl Maier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980594217215,"sku":"9780813340456","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb05b48b-ef87-4df3-ae17-04496d351848.jpg?v=1683250793","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-house-has-fallen-karl-maier-9780813340456","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}