WINNER OF THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS MCKITTERICK PRIZEChidi Ebere has achieve something extraordinary with Now I Am Here. The book takes the voice of the oppressor, an instrument of the regime, and convincingly brings the reader into the burgeoning dark innocence of an evil heart Roacutenaacuten Hession, McKitterick Prize judgeWe begin at the end. The armies of the National Defence Movement have been crushed and our unnamed narrator and his unit are surrounded. Prepared for defeat at the hands of the enemy and with only his sins for company, he turns to confession.Chidi Ebere&rsquos debut novel is a profound reflection on how good people can do terrible things &ndash precipitated by circumstances and the violence of war. As he recounts the events leading to his disastrous finale, we learn how this gentle man is gradually transformed into a war criminal, committing acts he wouldn&rsquot have thought himself capable.Unflinching, thoughtprovoking and devastating, Now I Am Here resonates far beyond the individual story of our narrator.Perfect for readers of Uzo Iweala&rsquos Beasts of No Nation, Giles Foden&rsquos The Last King of Scotland and Abdulrazak Gurnah&rsquos Afterlives.

Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: FA; Weight: 300 g; Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 14

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