- Military Desertion, Armed Forces, Life change events, Officers
"When the army officer Chike Ameobi is ordered to kill innocent civilians, he knows it is time to desert his post. As he travels toward Lagos with Yemi, his junior officer, and into the heart of a political scandel involving Nigeria's education minister, Chike becomes the leader of a new platoon, a band of runaways who share his desire for a different kind of life.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and relentless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Chibundu Onuzo
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 331
- Publisher
- Catapult, Faber & Faber, Limited, Faber & Faber
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780571268948
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“Evening swept through the Delta: half an hour of mauve before the sky bruised to black.”
Chibundu Onuzo started writing novels and short stories at the age of ten and less than a decade later became the youngest woman ever signed by Faber. Her debut novel, ***The Spider King’s Daughter*** (2012), was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Etisalat Prize, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and won a Betty Trask Award. [Source](https://rsliterature.org/fellows/chibundu-onuzo/)
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