The protagonist of this novel is imprisoned for refusing to serve under T. K. Winterbottom, and when he is released, he refuses to call the feast of the yam harvest in Umuaro.
In a letter to this novel's author, John Updike praised its ending, saying that it is an ending that "few Western novelists would have contrived." Characters in this novel include the doctor Mary Savage and Clarke, who frees the protagonist. One character hides a sacred python in a box instead of killing it as he was supposed to. Another character in this novel dies while performing the role of a night spirit named Ogbazulobodo. Those characters are two of the protagonist's four sons, who are named Nwafo, Edogo, Oduche, and Obika. A conflict in this novel between Nwaka and the protagonist ends when a colonial overseer breaks all the guns in the warring regions. The protagonist of this novel is imprisoned for refusing to serve under T. K. Winterbottom, and when he is released, he refuses to call the feast of the yam harvest in Umuaro. For 10 points, name this novel about the priest Ezeulu by Chinua Achebe.
In a letter to this novel's author, John Updike praised its ending, saying that it is an ending that "few Western novelists would have contrived.
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