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419 (2012)

by Will Ferguson(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0670064718 (ISBN13: 9780670064717)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Viking Canada

review 1: Marvellous. But I'm not surprised. I've been a fan of Will Ferguson forever, though this is the first novel he's written that I've read. There are enough whispers of the travel writer I know him for in this book to make it familiar.The characters are wonderful and real. The story is beautifully executed, and the storylines weave and converge seamlessly. I want to read it again.It gets four stars because I think it wrapped up to quickly - the conclusion was jarring and head-spinning after the long, slow lyricism of the rest of the plot.
review 2: An interesting look into modern Nigeria, and a culture that I know nothing about. A Canadian woman digs into the circumstances of her father's suicide, and unravels the world of internet scamming. A parallel and conne... morected story centres on the Nigerians behind the scamming and also two innocent citizens who find themselves entangled in the scam. There are some parts of the story that dragged for me, but the ending really picked up. less

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