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ISBN:	0670064718 (ISBN13: 9780670064717)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Scotiabank Giller Prize (2012), Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction Book (2013), Alberta Readers' Choice Award Nominee (2013)

419 Hardcover | Pages: 393 pages

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A startlingly original tale of heartbreak and suspense

A car tumbles down a snowy ravine. Accident or suicide?

On the other side of the world, a young woman walks out of a sandstorm in sub-Saharan Africa. In the labyrinth of the Niger Delta, a young boy learns to survive by navigating through the gas flares and oil spills of a ruined landscape. In the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the internet looking for victims.

Lives intersect, worlds collide, a family falls apart. And it all begins with a single email: “Dear Sir, I am the son of an exiled Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help ...”

419 takes readers behind the scene of the world’s most insidious internet scam. When Laura’s father gets caught up in one such swindle and pays with his life, she is forced to leave the comfort of North America to make a journey deep into the dangerous back streets and alleyways of the Lagos underworld to confront her father’s killer. What she finds there will change her life forever...

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Title	:	419
Author	:	Will Ferguson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 393 pages
Published	:	March 27th 2012 by Viking Canada (first published 2012)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Africa. Mystery. Contemporary

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Dear Mr. Ferguson,My compliments on writing a very good book that gives much enlightenment to the challenges we face here in Nigeria! I am myself a student of creative writing and I appreciate the questions raised in your book which - in my opinion, lead the reader to think deeply on the subjects of greed, loyalty and guilt. In particular I have thought much about what we mean by the word "guilty". You are very good at creating characters we readers my care and believe in (with the exception,

It took two readings for me to totally appreciate this book. On the first reading I was so caught up with the Canadian protagonist that I skimmed over the scenes that delved into the social/ political/ economic workings of Nigeria. On second reading I was rivetted by the complex issues in the Niger Delta and the sensitive young man Nnamdi had my complete sympathy. In a decade he was propelled from a happy childhood in a remote jungle village to the ugly realities of ruthless exploitation by the



I finally break with a long string of novels about family dysfunction and land in a city that I think is supposed to be Calgary - somewhere in Alberta, anyway - and Nigeria: ranked 162 of 190 on the UNDP's Human Development Index and dead last on the list of countries The Economist recently reported a baby would best be born in, in 2013. Ferguson's 2012 Giller-prize winning novel brings West Africa (or at least a sliver of it) to life through the cesspool of desperation, greed and poverty that

419 won this year's Giller Prize, perhaps Canada's premiere literary award (some may argue for the Governor-General's prize). It is a fascinating book which rests on a simple premise - what if one believed one of those Nigerian emails that flood our inboxes or spam folders on a daily basis. You know, like this:Subject : MR SULEMAN BELLOFROM THE OFFICE MR SULEMAN BELLOAFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB).OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.WEST AFRICA.TRANSFER OF ($ 25,200.000.00) TWENTY FIVE MILLION, TWO HUNDREN

Would you die for your child?This is the only question a parent needs to answer; everything else flows from this. In the kiln-baked emptiness of thorn-bush deserts. In mangrove swamps and alpine woods. In city streets and snowfalls. It is the only question that needs answering.The boy's father, knee deep in warm mud, was pulling hard on fishing nets that were splashing with life. Mist on greens waters. Sunlight on tidal pools. Unbelievable but true: Just last night, my husband showed me an

I am not sure that it was my favourite book on the Giller list, but I enjoyed reading it. I appreciated the complexity of the interrelated stories and especially all the different threads of Nigeria that were depicted. In the acknowledgments Ferfuson suggests that this was based on a true story. I would be curious to know more about the true story.