- Africa, Child soldiers, Fiction, Civil war
In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at the hands of militants, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander.
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Grave, earnest, contemporary and overwhelming.
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About the book
- Author
- Uzodinma Iweala
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 180
- Publisher
- John Murray, HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780719568435
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