“The Last Laugh Is Mine” by Michael J. K. Bokor is now available for purchase
He who wants to lay hold on a honeycomb must be prepared to withstand the sting of the bees. They chose to get the honey without being stung; but it doesn’t happen so easily, which was what they forgot.”
-an excerpt from the book
Author Reputation Press has published “The Last Laugh Is Mine” by Michael J. K. Bokor. This spectacular book is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the ARP website.
Michael Jarvis Kwadzo Bokor, Ph.D., is a retired Associate Professor of English at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, in New York, where he taught from the fall of 2008 to the spring of 2021. He earned his Ph.D. in English Studies from Illinois State University in August 2008. He also has a diploma in journalism and public relations (1984) and has practiced journalism in Ghana. He taught undergraduate-level courses in technical and professional writing, freshman composition, classical and contemporary rhetoric, and literature, as well as graduate-level courses in editing, linguistics, and writing and style. His research interests include postcolonial literature, cultural literacy, cross-cultural communication, world Englishers, and the language attitudes of native English speakers.
“The Last Laugh Is Mine” is a novel that tells the story of a young man who’s fighting to change an age-old traditional matrilineal system. Owia Atta, the hero, is compelled to become a farmer, despite his desire to be educated and lead this fictitious African community of Wofakurom. He struggles to build his father’s fortune but is disinherited when his father dies, and the assets are passed down to his father’s nephew by tradition and custom.
Owia Atta’s opposition to this practice creates tension throughout the story, resulting in his confrontation with tradition and the subsequent felony for which he is punished. However, his courageous attempts have had a significant impact on his community.
“The Last Laugh Is Mine” captures the truth of an ethnic group’s worldview and highlights its potential to cause social turmoil. It weaves together political, social, cultural, and economic challenges, as well as historical events and the role of traditional African society in the modern world.
“The Last Laugh Is Mine” by Michael J. K. Bokor is now available for purchase thru ARP bookstore: https://authorreputationpress.com/products/the-last-laugh-is-mine.