The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize'Astonishing... remarkable, mythic' Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple'Impressive and beautifully imagined' EconomistIn a small town in we stern Nigeria, four young brothers take advantage of their strict father's absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river. They encounter a dangerous local madman who predicts that the oldest boy will be killed by one of his brothers. This prophecy unleashes a tragic chain of events of almost mythic proportions. Show more