Download or read book The Bad Samaritan written by Alobwed'Epie Alobwed'Epie and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bad Samaritan is set in a kleptomaniac and highly corrupt imaginary African country called Ewawa. Due to mismanagement, financial institutions collapse. Salaries are slashed and there is unprecedented unemployment leading to country exodus. Professor Esole and his wife are not only aggrieved by the salary slashes, but also by the dubious closure of the Post Office Savings Bank with their savings. Desperate for money, they resort to borrowing from private sources at exorbitant interest rates. Esole toddles into politics with the aim of righting things. Will his nave approach to politics make or mar?