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Waiting for an Angel

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Lomba is a young journalist living in Lagos under Nigeria's brutal military regime. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the novel he's writing. Yet when his room-mate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers, his first love is forced to marry a man she doesn't want, and his neighbours decide to hold a demo that is bound to lead to a riot, Lomba realizes that he can no longer bury his head in the sand. It's time to write the truth about this reign of terror ...

Language: English

Pages: 227

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Release: August 28, 2003

ISBN: 0141010061

ISBN 13: 9780141010069

Waiting for an Angel

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Lomba is a young journalist living in Lagos under Nigeria's brutal military regime. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the novel he's writing. Yet when his room-mate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers, his first love is forced to marry a man she doesn't want, and his neighbours decide to hold a demo that is bound to lead to a riot, Lomba realizes that he can no longer bury his head in the sand. It's time to write the truth about this reign of terror ...

Language: English

Pages: 227

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Release: August 28, 2003

ISBN: 0141010061

ISBN 13: 9780141010069

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