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The Fishermen [electronic resource].

Summary:

In this dazzling debut novel, four young brothers in a small Nigerian town encounter a madman, whose prophecy of violence threatens the core of their family Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river they encounter a madman, who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316338363
  • ISBN: 0316338362
  • ISBN: 9780992918255
  • ISBN: 0992918251
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (359 pages)
  • Publisher: New York : Pushkin Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Map; Contents; 1: FISHERMEN; 2: THE RIVER; 3: THE EAGLE; 4: THE PYTHON; 5: THE METAMORPHOSIS; 6: THE MADMAN; 7: THE FALCONER; 8: THE LOCUSTS; 9: THE SPARROW; 10: THE FUNGUS; 11: THE SPIDERS; 12: THE SEARCHDOG; 13: THE LEECH; 14: THE LEVIATHAN; 15: THE TADPOLE; 16: THE ROOSTERS; 17: THE MOTH; 18: THE EGRETS; Acknowledgements; Copyright; Advertisement.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Brothers > Nigeria > Fiction.
Fishers > Nigeria > Fiction.
Fratricide > Nigeria > Fiction.
Nigeria > Fiction.
Brothers.
Fishers.
Fratricide.
Nigeria.
Genre: Electronic books.
Fiction.


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