The late John Updike inspires today's Geo Quiz. Updike's many books and stories focused mostly on the American way of life.
His "Rabbit" series of novels follow the exploits of a former high school basketball player in Pennsylvania.
The CoupBut one of Updike's early novels was set in Africa. It was a political satire called The Coup.
It's set in a fictional African country...described as being in the "remotest and least profitable heart of Africa."
The narrator is an exiled Cold War era dictator.
He wanders around southern France trying to come to terms with his past...while Updike lampoons government dysfunction.
So what's the name of this fictional country in Africa that figures in Updike's 1978 novel?
And does it share a name with any real places in the world?
That's the question for you to ponder in today's Geo Quiz.
