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War Games/ by Dulue Mbachu.The New Gong, Lagos, Nigeria: Printed in the United States by KingPrinting, Inc., 2005. 203 pages: 5.5 x 8.5 ins. ISBN 9783842110 (paperback). Fiction. Price: US$ 15.

A tender coming-of-age story forged in the crucible of Biafra, War Games
is a relentlessly candid and unsentimental reconstruction of a halcyon
world suddenly shattered by hate, flight and strife. For Basil
Chekwubechuckwu Odukwe or Cheche, the good life as a rich landlord’s son
in northern Nigeria suddenly turns nightmarish as the country descends
into civil war. The five-year-old yet to know the meaning of Nigeria’s
independence perforce escapes to his rural village of Amafor in the south
to start a different life in the shadow of traumatized parents and relatives,
war crimes and songs, folksy traditional pastimes and exacting Catholicism.
In this haunting and original first novel, Dulue Mbachu adroitly enters into
the skull of childhood to tell a compelling human story with remarkable
restraint and resonant narrative grace.

Dulue Mbachu was born in Nigeria in 1961. Since taking a degree in 1983
he has worked as a teacher and journalist. During 23 years as a journalist
Mbachu has reported Nigeria for media organizations including Reuters,
The Washington Post and Associated Press. His short stories have been
published in the magazines BBC Focus on Africa and West Africa. This is
his first novel.

Read excerpts at www.thenewgong.com

Use this link to buy from amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9783842110

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