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\nOmIDestin'May transport into  \nregions of untold rapture′TelegraphBEN OKRI  \nThe Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road  \n# TUCKTON LIBRARYWCK LANE\n\n    BOURNEMOUTH BH64LFTEt:01202429521  \nYou can return this item toany Bournemouth libyarybut not all libraries are open every day.  \nItems must be returned on or before the due date.  \nPlease note that you will be charged for itemsreturned late.  \nItems may be renewed unless requested by anothercustomer.  \nRenewals can be made in any library,by telephone,email or online via the website.Your membershipcard number and PIN will be required.  \nPlease look after this item -you may be charged forany damage.  \nwww.bournemouth.gov.uk/libraries  \nBOURNEMOUTH LIBRARIES630019426V  \nAlso by Ben Okri  \nFICTION  \nFlowers and ShadowsThe Landscapes WithinIncidents at theShrineStars of the New CurfewThe Famished RoadSongs of EnchantmentAstonishing the GodsDangerous LoveInfinite RichesIn ArcadiaStarbookThe Age of MagicThe Magic LampThe Freedom Artist  \nESSAYS  \nA Time for New DreamsBirds of Heaven  \nAWay of Being FreeThe Mystery Feast  \nPOETRY  \nAn African ElegyMental Fight  \nWild  \nRise Like Lions(Anthology)  \nPLAYS  \nThe Outsider  \nThe  \nComicDestiny  \n# BEN OKRI\n\nFirst published in the UKin 2009 by Rider,an imprint of EburyPublishing,under the title Tales of Freedom  \nThis updated paperback edition published in the UKin 2019by Head of Zeus Ltd  \nCopyright OBen Okri2009,2019  \nThe moral right of Ben Okri to be identified as the authorof this work has been asserted in accordance with theCopyright,Designs and Patents Act of1988.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or byany means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,without the prior permission of both the copyrightowner and the above publisher of this book.  \nThis is a work of fiction.All characters,organizations,and events portrayed in this novel are either products ofthe author's imagination or are used fictitiously.  \n975312468  \nA catalogue record for this book is available fromthe British Library.  \nISBN(PBO):9781788549653  \nISBN(E):9781788549646  \nTypeset by Adrian McLaughlin  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain byCPI Group(UK)Ltd,Croydon CRO 4YY  \nHead of Zeus LtdFirst Floor East5-8 Hardwick StreetLondon EC1R 4RG  \nWWW.HEADOFZEUS.COM  \n'God is a comedian performingto an audience too afraid to laugh.  \nVOLTAIRE  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/comicdestiny0000okri  \nContents  \nAcknowledgementsIntroductionixThe Comic Destiny1A Note on the Form100Belonging101The Mysterious Anxiety of Them and Us109The Clock115Music for a Ruined City121The Unseen Kingdom127The Racial Colourist133The Black Russian  \n137Wild Bulls141The Legendary Sedgewick145The Golden Inferno  \n151The Secret Castle157The War Healer167The Message173  \nAcknowledgements  \nMaterial in this collection has been previously broad-cast or first published as follows:  \n'Belonging'first broadcast by the BBC and pub-lished in Ode Magazine;The Mysterious Anxiety ofThem and Us'first broadcast by the BBC and pub-lished in Global Report;'Music for a Ruined City'published by Ode Magazine;The Racial Colourist'published inVSO Magazine;The Black Russian’pub-lished in Diaspora City(Arcadia Books,2003);'WildBulls'published in The London Magazine;\"The GoldenInferno'published in Ode Magazine;\"The SecretCastle’first broadcast by the BBC;and \"The WarHealer’published in The Spectator.","cbCair1qPIvdJzJe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair1qPIvdJzJe","pdf",4152075,196,"English","# Contents\n## Acknowledgements\n## Introduction\n## A Note on the Form\n## Belonging\n## The Mysterious Anxiety of Them and Us\n## The Clock\n## Music for a Ruined City\n## The Unseen Kingdom\n## The Racial Colourist\n## The Black Russian\n## Wild Bulls\n## The Legendary 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