The Fishermen

In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers – the youngest is nine, the oldest fifteen – use their strict father's absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river.The encounter a dangerous local madman who predicts that the oldest brother will be killed by another. This prophesy breaks their strong bond, and unleashes a tragic chain of events of almost mythic proportions.With this powerful debut, Chigozie Obioma emerges as one of the most original new voices in world literature.