Arrows of Rain

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Arrows of Rain

This debut novel from the author of the powerful, universally acclaimed Foreign Gods, Inc. looks at a womanâ€™s drowning and the ensuing investigation in an emerging African nation.

In the country of Madia (based in part on Ndibeâ€™s native Nigeria) a young prostitute runs into the sea and drowns. The last man who spoke to her, the â€œmadmanâ€ Bukuru, is asked to account for her last moments. When his testimony implicates the Madian armed forces, Bukuru is arrested and charged with her death. At the first day of trial, Bukuru, acting as his own attorney, counters these charges with allegations of his own, speaking not only of government complicity in a series of violent assaults and killings, but telling the court that the president of Madia himself is guilty of rape and murder. The incident is hushed up, and Bukuru is sent back to prison, where he will likely meet his end. But a young journalist manages to visit him, and together they journey through decades of history that illuminate Bukuruâ€™s life, and that of the entire nation. A brave and powerful work of fiction, Arrows of Rain is a brilliant dramatization of the complex factors behind the near-collapse of a nation from one of the most exciting novelists writing today.

Country	USA
Author	Okey Ndibe
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781616954574
ISBN	1616954574
Label	Soho Press
Manufacturer	Soho Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	304
PublicationDate	2015-01-06
Publisher	Soho Press
ReleaseDate	2015-01-06
Studio	Soho Press

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