The Fishermen

Chigozie Obioma

earliest edition we have, 2015 Back Bay Books, 2016 paperback 304 pages

Four middle-class Nigerian brothers,Ikenna,,Boja, Obembe and Benjamin, decide to go fishing in a river. They do this without their mother's knowledge, carefully hiding away their fishing kit when they come home. Their career lasts six weeks before they are discovered by a neighbor, who tells their mother. One day at the river they meet the local oddball, Abulu,who has the power of prophecy, and who predicts that Iken...

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Editions we hold

Fishermen edition · 2018 · Pushkin Press, Limited · 9781911590101
Fishermen edition · 2018 · Hern Books, Limited, Nick · 9781788500784
Fishermen edition · 2018 · Hern Books, Limited, Nick · 9781848427976
The Fishermen paperback · 2017 · Cassava Republic Press · 301 pages · 9789789506637
Fishermen edition · 2016 · Pushkin Press, Limited · 414 pages · 9780957548862
The Fishermen paperback · 2016 · Back Bay Books · 304 pages · 9780316338356
Fishermen edition · 2015 · Little Brown & Company · 304 pages · 9780316338363
The Fishermen audiobook · 2015 · Hachette Audio · 9781478906131
The Fishermen audiobook · 2015 · Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio · 9781478964742
Fishermen edition · 2015 · Pushkin Press, Limited · 9780992918255

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