# Black Mischief

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- Book: [Black Mischief](https://www.bookquiver.com/evelyn-waugh/black-mischief) ([Black Mischief.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/evelyn-waugh/black-mischief.md))
- Authors: [Evelyn Waugh](https://www.bookquiver.com/evelyn-waugh), [Michael Maloney](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-maloney)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-304-0
- Published: 2012-05-31
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

We are Progress and the New Age. Nothing can stand in our way.' When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and corruption, double-dealing and bloodshed are rife. However, with the aid if Minister of Modernization Basil Seal, Seth plans to introduce his people to the civilized ways of the west - but will it be as simple as that?