- Fiction, Soldiers, Twins, Fathers and sons
Twin brothers growing up in the tiny Nigerian village of Keti, where their lives are dominated by their controlling father, Mamo and LaMamo are separated when LaMamo escapes to pursue his dream of becoming a soldier, but when religious zealots incite the people to violence, he returns home to battle the enemy and to be reunited with his brother, now a renowned historian.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Helon Habila
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited, W. W. Norton, W. W. Norton & Co.
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393052510
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