Description: 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.
Review Quotes: "A dazzling achievement for any writer in any language." --The New York Times Book Review
"A mesmerizing vision of modern Nigeria, seen through the eyes of a peculiarly sentient child.... The Famished Road is a quintessential African novel." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Dazzling, hypnotic ... a true feast for the word hungry." --San Francisco Chronicle