West Africa
Nigeria
Contemporary
English
Fiction
Agu, a child soldier in an unnamed West African country, narrates his participation in atrocities in a fractured English that mirrors his fractured psyche. Based loosely on West Africa's civil wars.
Literary Significance
Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award; the basis for the acclaimed Netflix film
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editorial-summarynot primary textAgu, a child soldier in an unnamed West African country, narrates his participation in atrocities in a fractured English that mirrors his fractured psyche. Based loosely on West Africa's civil wars. Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award; the basis for the acclaimed Netflix film
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