{"product_id":"arrows-of-rain-9781616954574","title":"Arrows of Rain","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis debut novel from the author of the powerful, universally acclaimed \u003ci\u003eForeign Gods, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e looks at a woman's drowning and the ensuing investigation in an emerging African nation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the country of Madia (based in part on Ndibe's native Nigeria) a young prostitute runs into the sea and drowns. The last man who spoke to her, the \"madman\" Bukuru, is asked to account for her last moments. When his testimony implicates the Madian armed forces, Bukuru is arrested and charged with her death. At the first day of trial, Bukuru, acting as his own attorney, counters these charges with allegations of his own, speaking not only of government complicity in a series of violent assaults and killings, but telling the court that the president of Madia himself is guilty of rape and murder. The incident is hushed up, and Bukuru is sent back to prison, where he will likely meet his end. But a young journalist manages to visit him, and together they journey through decades of history that illuminate Bukuru's life, and that of the entire nation. A brave and powerful work of fiction, \u003ci\u003eArrows of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant dramatization of the complex factors behind the near-collapse of a nation from one of the most exciting novelists writing today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616954574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2015 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Okey Ndibe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44736611549365,"sku":"9781616954574","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_66ed44ec-1743-41c4-afd7-45168b751d83.jpg?v=1729609800","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/arrows-of-rain-9781616954574","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}