num_pages: 72
description: The Gods Are Not to Blame is a 1968 play and a 1971 novel by Ola Rotimi. An adaptation of the Greek classic Oedipus Rex, set in an indeterminate period of a Yoruba kingdom, the story centers on Odewale, who is lured into a false sense of security, only to somehow get caught up in a somewhat consanguineous trail of events.
language: English
title: The Gods Are Not to Blame
titlecomplete: The Gods Are Not to Blame
genres: Literature, Classics, Novels, Drama, Plays, God, Fiction, Africa, African Literature, Nigeria
ratings_count: 934
places: Nigeria
publisher: Oxford University Press