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The
2004 Award
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Waiting for an Angel by Helon Habila
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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was a terrible time to be alive, with only three options: exile, complicity
or dissent. Lomba is a young journalist living under military regime in Lagos, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the novel he is writing. But his room-mate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers, his first love is forced to marry a man she doesn't love, and his neighbours are planning a demo which is bound to incite riot and arrests. Lomba can no longer bury his head in the sand. He must write the truth about this reign of terror… Waiting for an Angel captures the despair, the frenzy and the stubborn hope of a generation daring to speak out against one of the world's most corrupt and oppressive regimes and marks the début of one of Africa's most talented and promising new writers. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Helon Habila won the Caine Prize for African Writing 2001 (the 'African Booker') for the opening section of this, his first book. He lives in Nigeria. |
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