# The Coup

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- Authors: [John Updike](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-updike)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2006-10-26

## Description

Nothing in his previous life could have prepared Colonel Hakim Felix Ellellou for his new role as the President of Kush. Neither the French army nor his American university provided a grounding in the subtle skills of revolutionary dictatorship. Still less did they expect him to acquire four wives...

## Editions

### The Coup

- Publisher: random_house_trade_paperbacks
- ISBN: 978-08-1298-297-8
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2012-03-13
- Language: en_US

### The Coup

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4192-306-2
- Published: 2006-10-26
- Language: en_GB

### The Coup

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-895-9
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2006-10-26
- Language: en_GB