Lomba is a young journalist living under military rule in Lagos,
Nigeria, the most dangerous city in the world. His mind is full of
soul music and girls and the lyric novel he is writing. But his
roommate is brutally attacked by soldiers; his first love is forced
to marry a wealthy old man; and his neighbors on Poverty Street are
planning a demonstration that is bound to incite riot and arrests.
Lomba can no longer bury his head in the sand. Helon Habila's
vivid, exciting, and heart-wrenching debut opens a window onto a
world in some ways familiar-with its sensuously depicted streets,
student life, and vibrant local characters-yet ruled by one of the
world's most corrupt and oppressive regimes, a scandal that
ultimately drives Lomba to take a risk in the name of something
greater than himself. Habila captures the energy, sensitivity,
despair, and stubborn hope of a new African generation with a
combination of gritty realism and poetic beauty. Winner of the
Caine Prize for African Writing 2001. Reading group guide included.
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