Oil on Water
Winner of the Deutscher Krimi-Preis, Kategorie International 2013 (2. Platz)
(Sprache: Englisch)
From the desks of Nigeria's newsrooms, two journalists are recruited to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil engineer. Zaq, an infamous media hack, knows what's in store, but Rufus, a keen young journalist eager to get himself noticed, has no idea what he's let himself in for.
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From the desks of Nigeria's newsrooms, two journalists are recruited to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil engineer. Zaq, an infamous media hack, knows what's in store, but Rufus, a keen young journalist eager to get himself noticed, has no idea what he's let himself in for.
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An accessible, fast-paced and enlightening insight into the corrupt world of oil, violence and power. 'A vivid evocation of the embattled, disappearing world of the Niger Delta' "Sunday Times"
Autoren-Porträt von Helon Habila
Helon Habila is the author of Oil on Water, Measuring Time, Waiting for an Angel, andThe Chibok Girls. He is professor of creative writing at George Mason University and lives in Virginia with his wife and three children.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Helon Habila
- 2011, 224 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 19,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Books UK
- ISBN-10: 0141046848
- ISBN-13: 9780141046846
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.10.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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Compassionate, emotive, masterly ... draws on the tradition of the classic detective novel but also operates on a deeper, metaphorical and philosophical level Independent A lean, evocative novel - part thriller, part meditation on the deadly cost of the region's under-reported oil politics ... a classic coming-of-age narrative Daily Mail Powerful, accomplished ... Oil on Water lays bare the real-life tragedy of the Niger delta, in which petrodollars warp human relationships as surely as leaking crude poisons birds and fish Observer Habila's writing has that combination of elegance and rattling-good-yarn that we associate with Conrad and Graham Greene ... Terrific The Times Habila is a master at evoking the plight of characters who ask for little, and end up with even less ... this is a book you can't put down Boston Globe In a beautiful, almost cinematic style, Habila moves back and forth in time to tell a story swathed in the cynicism of modern global development and the mysteries of human longing Booklist This is a powerful novel that is both creepy and engaging Bookseller
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Compassionate, emotive, masterly . . . draws on the tradition of the classic detective novel but also operates on a deeper, metaphorical and philosophical level Independent
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