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The Shadow of a Smile - Kachi A. Ozumba
A country striving for democracy after years of dictatorship and tribal in-fighting.
Born in Nigeria in 1972, Kachi Ozumba is a winner of the Art Council England’s Decibel Penguin Short Story Prize. He is currently studying for a research degree at the School of English Literature, Newcastle University, and working on his next novel.
Torn from his father and a loving sister, the young student Zuba is imprisoned for a crime he has not even thought about committing. His misfortune: to live in a world where corruption is rife and honest and law-abiding people are crushed by the wheels of a blind, unscrupulous bureaucracy. What seems at first to be an irksome judiciary misunderstanding gradually becomes a journey through the hell of Nigerian prisons. Only by showing the utmost daring and integrity will Zuba be able to regain his freedom.
This novel will be available from August 2009.
Published: 8th May 2009