Chief Obidi Obi was a man who always got what he craved. He wanted wealth and got it in abundance. He craved influence and he got that too and wielded in the way it pleased him. It was only when Echidime, the love of his only daughter's life, came back into the picture that Chief Obi hit a brick wall. He had no option but to bow to the all-conquering force of love and allow things to work out to a dazzling conclusion. The Golden Goose weaves a didactic story around fetishism, medicine men, the inordinate craving for wealth, the rich-poor divide and the discriminatory Osu caste system - traits that are anathema to the good society - and makes the point that the only value that really matters is hard work and faith in the living God.