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The Famished Road

(1991)
(The first book in the Famished Road series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1991 Booker Prize

Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize, this phantasmagorical novel is set in the ghetto of an African city during British colonial rule, and follows the story of Azaro--a "spirit-child" who has reneged on a pact with the spirit world--and the travails of his impoverished, beleaguered family.


Genre: Fantasy

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