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Fiction · First published 2015

The Fishermen

by Chigozie ObiomaNigeria

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In 1990s Akure, four brothers skip school to fish in a forbidden river, where a madman's prophecy sets them on a path to tragedy. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

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