<P> `` No Longer at Ease '' debuted to largely positive reviews . Mercedes Mackay of the Royal African Society noted that `` This second novel of Chinua Achebe is better than his first , and puts this Nigerian at the forefront of West African writers . '' Arthur Lerner of Los Angeles City College wrote that `` The second novel of this young Nigerian author continues the promise of its predecessor , Things Fall Apart . '' The novel was widely praised for its realistic and vivid depictions of life in Lagos in the early 1960s . However , some reviewers felt that Achebe 's attention to detail in setting was executed at the expense of fully fleshing out his characters . Ben Mkapa of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute wrote , `` Achebe has a broad vision of the world he is writing about , but unfortunately this broadness is manifest at the expense of depth of characterisation . Clara , who is so central to Obi 's final disillusionment , is but imperfectly drawn ; most of the others are only nominal . His characters are representational rather than real . '' </P>
<P> `` No Longer at Ease '' debuted to largely positive reviews . Mercedes Mackay of the Royal African Society noted that `` This second novel of Chinua Achebe is better than his first , and puts this Nigerian at the forefront of West African writers . '' Arthur Lerner of Los Angeles City College wrote that `` The second novel of this young Nigerian author continues the promise of its predecessor , Things Fall Apart . '' The novel was widely praised for its realistic and vivid depictions of life in Lagos in the early 1960s . However , some reviewers felt that Achebe 's attention to detail in setting was executed at the expense of fully fleshing out his characters . Ben Mkapa of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute wrote , `` Achebe has a broad vision of the world he is writing about , but unfortunately this broadness is manifest at the expense of depth of characterisation . Clara , who is so central to Obi 's final disillusionment , is but imperfectly drawn ; most of the others are only nominal . His characters are representational rather than real . '' </P>
when does no longer at ease take place
when does no longer at ease take place
early 1960s
early 1960s