The fishermen

Chigozie Obioma

earliest edition we have, 2015 Little, Brown and Company, 2015 297 pages

Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice

"Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their strict father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the ominous, forbidden nearby river, they meet a dangerou...

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The fishermen edition · 2015 · Little, Brown and Company · 297 pages · 9780316338370
The fishermen edition · 2015 · Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning · 457 pages · 9781410482563
The fishermen edition · 2015 · One · 301 pages · 9780957548855

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