I Do Not Come to You by Chance - Ausgezeichnet mit dem Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2010
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| Verlag | Orion Publishing Group |
| Auflage | 2010 |
| Seiten | 368 |
| Format | 19,7 cm |
| Gewicht | 348 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0753826976 |
| EAN | 9780753826973 |
| Bestell-Nr | 75382697EA |
Kingsley kommt frisch von der Uni und sucht einen Job als Ingenieur, um seine Familie zu unterstützen und endlich seine Liebste heiraten zu können. Doch Arbeit ist rar in Nigeria. Wenn er zuvor dachte, Bildung sei die Sprache des Erfolgs in Nigeria, muss er feststellen, dass das Geld die Unterhaltung führt ... In seiner Verzweiflung wendet er sich an seinen Onkel Boniface aka Cash Daddy, der sich mit Betrüger-Emails ein erfolgreiches Imperium aufgebaut hat. Doch Familienbande hin oder her - als Kingsley in das haarsträubende Milieu seines Onkels eintaucht, merkt er: In Nigeria ist nichts umsonst zu haben!
Kurzbeschreibung:
A vivid, warm and very funny debut novel set against the colourful back-drop of modern Nigeria.
Klappentext:
A vivid, warm and very funny debut novel set against the colourful back-drop of modern Nigeria.
Kingsley is fresh out of university, eager to find an engineering job so he can support his family and marry the girl of his dreams. Being the opara of the family, he is entitled to certain privileges - a piece of meat in his egusi soup, a party to celebrate his graduation. But times are hard in Nigeria and jobs are not easy to come by.
For much of his young life, Kingsley believed that education was everything, that through wisdom, all things were possible. But when a tragedy befalls his family, Kingsley learns the hardest lesson of all: education may be the language of success in his country, but it is money that does the talking. In desperation he turns to his uncle, Boniface-aka Cash Daddy-an exuberant character who suffers from elephantiasis of the pocket.
He is also rumoured to run a successful empire of email scams. But he can help. With Cash Daddy's intervention, Kingsley and his family can be as safe as a tortoise under its shell. It is up to Kingsley now, to reconcile his passion for knowledge with his hunger for money, to fully assume his role of first son. But can he do it without being drawn into this outlandish milieu?
Rezension:
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