LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE In this dazzling debut novel, four youn
g brothers in a small Nigerian town encounter a madman, whose prophecy of violen
ce threatens the core of their family Told from the point of view of nine-year-o
ld Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-e
sque 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 extend
ed absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river they enc
ounter a madman, who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another.
