From the acclaimed author of We Need New Names, an allegory that chronicles the fall of an oppressive regime and the chaotic, kinetic potential for true democracy that rises in its wake. A sly and electrifying novel about the chaos of revolution, Glory centers around the unexpected fall of Old Horse, a long-serving leader of a fictional African country, and the drama that follows for an unruly nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup, in November 2017, of Robert Mugabe -- Zimbabwe's president who took office in 1980 and...never left -- Bulawayo's bold, vividly imagined novel chronicles not the new and better country that rises in the wake of upheaval but the chaos of a citizenry driven to the brink of despair by their leaders' failure to deliver on their promises. As with her debut novel We Need New Names, Bulawayo's fierce voice and lucid imagery immerses us in the daily life of a traumatized nation, showing us the dazzling life force and irrepressible wit that lies barely concealed beneath the surface of seemingly bleak circumstances. The animal kingdom--its connection to the roots of our fairy tales and folk tales -- provides the perfect link between the surreality of what's happening in the world around us today and the intense childhood storytelling that first helped us imagine our futures. A short, sharp, inventive and ultimately hopeful novel, NoViolet Bulawayo's allegorical revolution helps readers understand our world more clearly, even as she takes us right out of it.