[back cover blurb]

In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers - the youngest is nine, the oldest fifteen - use 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 brother will be killed by another. This prophesy breaks their strong bond and unleashes a tragic chain of events of almost mythic proportions.

This book introduced me to a different culture with surprising patriarchal values mixed with unexpected elements of modernity and pop culture. The story itself felt intense, although hard to relate to at times, but what I particularly liked were intrusions of political and social background discretely woven in the drama of an individual household.

Reserved for the Man Booker Prize Nominees 2015 Roundabout.

Posted this morning to Sidney1 via the Man Booker Prize 2015 Roundabout http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/20/523441

Enjoy!

The book arrived safely two days ago, thank you lamelemon. Am 130 pages into the book - captivating.

just received today - thanks for sending & sharing!

to an friend, who is very interested in literature from the African continent