Fishermen - Rilegato

'A masterly debut' -- Financial Times Books of the Year

'Brimming with life and buzzing with emotion' -- Nick Barley, Herald Books of the Year

'The best debut of the year by some distance' -- Alex Preston, Observer Books of the Year

'Lyrical... a writer to watch' -- Economist Books of the Year

'It's like being in a Zola or Theodore Dreiser novel... The Fishermen is an elegy to lost promise [...] and yet it remains hopeful about the redemptive possibilities of a new generation' -- Guardian

'Obioma's beautiful, quasi-biblical allegory-like debut The Fishermen... is set to be one of the novels of the year' -- Eileen Battersby, Irish Times

'A passionate, jostling and flamboyant piece of work' -- Daily Telegraph

'A mighty fry-up of pop culture, fable and verbal invention' -- New Statesman

'Suffused with an air of legend and the supernatural... The Fishermen establishes Obioma as a writer to be taken seriously... ingenious, subtle, ambitious and intriguing' -- TLS

'Reveals Nigeria's historical, political and cultural complexity' -- Big Issue

'A debut that is packed with power and tragedy' -- Shortlist

'A novel with an intimate canvas but also an undercurrent of something larger, more primal' -- We Love This Book

'Terrific' -- Irish Examiner

'A startling debut... auspicious... leaps off the pages' -- Mariella Frostrup, Open Book

'Mythic... a truly magnificent debut' -- Eleanor Catton, author of The Luminaries

'Hardly anyone writing today is delivering this level of intricacy, lyricism and control... it just doesn't get better than this' -- Alexandra Fuller, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

'An exciting new voice in African literary fiction... astonishingly vivid... beautifully written... read it slowly, savour the writing, enjoy' -- Bookbag

'Skilfully building the atmosphere from light and innocent to ominous and mysterious, gradually becoming claustrophobic and ultimately tragic...engrossing' -- Curious Animal Magazine, Book of the Month

'[A] strange, imaginative debut...A convincing modern narrative and... a majestic reimagining of timeless folklore' -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

'A powerful, haunting tale of grief, healing, and sibling loyalty' Kirkus

'[An] elegantly near-mythic debut novel... a deeply personal story that mirrors the larger social and political tensions in Africa... All fiction readers will enjoy' -- Library Journal

'This book is astonishing... The writing is perfectly tuned, lyrical in places and bracing in others' -- BookRiot

'An entrancing modern-day legend... Mr. Obioma's long-limbed and elegant writing is shot through with strikingly elevated phrasings... rich with ancient themes of filial love, fratricide, vengeance and fate... its power is unmistakable' --Wall Street Journal

'Outstanding... sits finely balanced on the cusp between myth and reality' --Intelligent Life

'The Fishermen is compelling stuff, acute and remorseless' --Literary Review