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Fishermen : a Novel by Chigozie Obioma is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Fishermen : a Novel about?
A striking debut novel about an unforgettable childhood, by a Nigerian writer the New York Times has crowned "the heir to Chinua Achebe." Told by nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, THE FISHERMEN is the Cain and Abel-esque story of a childhood in Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river, they meet a madman who persuades
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Chigozie Obioma
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press, Limited
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780316338356
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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