In this dazzling debut novel, four young brothers in a small Nigerian town encounter a madman, whose prophecy of violence threatens the core of their family 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. When their 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 forbidden nearby river they encounter a madman, who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What.
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Map; Contents; 1: FISHERMEN; 2: THE RIVER; 3: THE EAGLE; 4: THE PYTHON; 5: THE METAMORPHOSIS; 6: THE MADMAN; 7: THE FALCONER; 8: THE LOCUSTS; 9: THE SPARROW; 10: THE FUNGUS; 11: THE SPIDERS; 12: THE SEARCHDOG; 13: THE LEECH; 14: THE LEVIATHAN; 15: THE TADPOLE; 16: THE ROOSTERS; 17: THE MOTH; 18: THE EGRETS; Acknowledgements; Copyright; Advertisement.