The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma and shortly after a macabre

and shortly after a macabre discovery is made--a body is found hanging in the hotel's stairwell

driven by an insatiable greed

both ancient and contemporary

once and for all

The storm comes in like a finger snap

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma and shortly after a macabreShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize'Astonishing remarkable, mythic'Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple'Impressive and beautifully imagined' EconomistIn a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers take advantage of 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 boy will be killed by one of his brothers. This prophecy unleashes a tragic