{"product_id":"the-fishermen","title":"The Fishermen","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this striking novel about an unforgettable childhood, four Nigerian brothers encounter a madman whose mystic prophecy of violence threatens the core of their close-knit family\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told by nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, \u003ci\u003eThe Fishermen\u003c\/i\u003e is the Cain and Abel-esque story of a childhood in Nigeria, in the small town of Akure. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river, they meet a madman who persuades the oldest of the boys that he is destined to be killed by one of his siblings. What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact-both tragic and redemptive-will transcend the lives and imaginations of the book's characters and readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dazzling and viscerally powerful, \u003ci\u003eThe Fisherman\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential novel about Africa, seen through the prism of one family's destiny.","brand":"Little, Brown Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44262840467555,"sku":"9780316338356","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0621\/7515\/0179\/files\/imageloader_719542d4-14fd-467b-a435-24c09af0831d.jpg?v=1781612669","url":"https:\/\/redricebooks.com\/products\/the-fishermen","provider":"Red Rice Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}