Welcome to Lagos: A Novel

Chibundu Onuzo

Juni 2018 · Highbridge Audio · Vorgelesen von Robin Miles

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When army officer Chike Ameobi is ordered to kill innocent civilians, he knows it is time to desert his post. As he travels toward Lagos with Yemi, his junior officer, and into the heart of a political scandal involving Nigeria's education minister, Chike becomes the leader of a new platoon, a band of runaways who share his desire for a different kind of life. Among them is Fineboy, a fighter with a rebel group, desperate to pursue his dream of becoming a radio DJ; Isoken, a 16-year-old girl whose father is thought to have been killed by rebels; and the beautiful Oma, escaping a wealthy, abusive husband. Full of humor and heart, Welcome to Lagos is a high-spirited novel about aspirations and escape, innocence and corruption. It offers a provocative portrait of contemporary Nigeria that marks the arrival in the United States of an extraordinary young writer.

Autoren-Profil

Chibundu Onuzo was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and lives in London. She is the winner of a Betty Trask Award, has been short-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Commonwealth Book Prize, and the RSL Encore Award, and has been long-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize and Etisalat Prize for Literature.

Robin Miles, dubbed "a voice that never disappoints," is an AudioFile Golden Voice, an Audible Hall of Famer, the 2014 Booklist Voice of Choice, a 2009 Grammy finalist director, and winner of over forty Best of the Year and Earphones awards.