I Do Not Come to You by Chance - Rilegato

Nwaubani, Adaobi Tricia

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0297858696 ISBN 13: 9780297858690

Casa editrice: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2009

Riassunto

Kingsley is fresh out of university, eager to find an engineering job so he can support his family and marry the girl of his dreams. Being the opara of the family, he is entitled to certain privileges - a piece of meat in his egusi soup, a party to celebrate his graduation. But times are hard in Nigeria and jobs are not easy to come by.

For much of his young life, Kingsley believed that education was everything, that through wisdom, all things were possible. But when a tragedy befalls his family, Kingsley learns the hardest lesson of all: education may be the language of success in his country, but it is money that does the talking. In desperation he turns to his uncle, Boniface-aka Cash Daddy-an exuberant character who suffers from elephantiasis of the pocket. He is also rumoured to run a successful empire of email scams. But he can help. With Cash Daddy's intervention, Kingsley and his family can be as safe as a tortoise under its shell. It is up to Kingsley now, to reconcile his passion for knowledge with his hunger for money, to fully assume his role of first son. But can he do it without being drawn into this outlandish milieu?

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

A vivid, warm and very funny debut novel about a young Nigerian man and the murky world of email scams

L'autore:

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani grew up in the eastern part of Nigeria, among the Igbo speaking people. She now lives in Abuja Nigeria. I Do Not Come to You by Chance is her first novel.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0297858696
• ISBN 13: 9780297858690
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352