Prince of Monkeys

A provocative debut novel by a brilliant young Nigerian writer, tackling politics, class, and power as a group of friends come of age in Lagos.Growing up in middle class Lagos, Nigeria during the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ihechi forms a band of close friends in his neighborhood They discover Lagos together as teenagers whose differing ideologies come to the fore over everything from film to football, Fela Kuti to God, sex to politics They remain close knit until Ihechi s girlfriend, is killed in an anti government riot.Exiled by his concerned mother, Ihechi moves in with his uncle s family, where he struggles to find himself outside his former circle of friends Ihechi eventually finds success by leveraging his connection with a notorious prostitution linchpin and political heavyweight, and earning favor among the ruling elite.But just as Ihechi is about to make his final ascent into the elite political class, he encounters his childhood friends and experiences a crisis of conscience that forces him to question his motives and who he wants to be Nnamdi Ehirim s debut novel, Prince of Monkeys is a lyrical, reflective glimpse into Nigerian life, religion, and politics at the end of the twentieth century. Read Prince of Monkeys By Nnamdi Ehirim – kino-fada.fr This is an interesting, complex novel of contemporary Nigeria Our narrator, Ihechi, often doesn t know what to make of his country or any other aspect of his life , but he does a good job of describing the competing world views, religions, politics, and expectations he and his close friends face Even the timeline of the novel is fractured and hard to put together, as Ihechi tries to figure out how he, his friends, and his country are impr...13 5 19Counterpoint Press were so lovely to send over this book Nigerian literature Yes please It s so great to be able to read something written by your own people You can find me onYoutube Instagram Twitter Tumblr WebsitePrince of Monkeys was a really interesting coming of age tale that also tackled politics, religion, and class in Nigeria during the 1990s The writing was excellent, numerous quotable lines made for a very...Nnamdi Ehirim s debut novel Prince if Monkeys,is a lyrical meditative observation of Nigerian life, religion and politicsat the end of the twentieth century..Looking forward to his future writings.2.5 StarsEver read a book that screamt DEBUT DEBUT DEBUUUUTTT This is one of those books Getting into it, you can tell the author was overly excited and had too many ideas that he wanted to put across, and at the fear and risk of only ever getting published once, decided to cramp up everything into this one book It s distracting, most times annoying and robs you of the joy of really enjoying ...I received an Advance Reader s Copy of this novel from Counterpoint Press in exchange for a review This did not affect my opinion in any way.3.5 starsFull review at Somewhat ReservedThis story reveals events that took place from Ihechi s childhood to adulthood.He went to a Christian primary school and felt a little different from his peers since his mother practiced If , a traditional Yoruba pagan religion.Though this book was engaging, I couldn t help but get annoyed at some instances where a I received an Advance Reader s Copy of this...This has to be one of the most beautiful stories ever written From start to finish, you are literally glued to every page, to a point that you can almost touch the words all so elegantly put together An absolute masterpiece of art.I was pretty distracted when I read this and am perhaps not giving it its full due But I struggled to get through it, and couldn t wait to finish it so I could get to something a bitto my taste in fiction Too much testosterone Perhaps.A good novel Good plot Good character development An enjoyable read Won courtesy of the author and goodreads.comHis reasoning knocked on the door of my conscience, but there was no budging I would never understand his justifications I had always heard but never understood that survival on Nigerian streets was like a game of chess, and no pieces were spared en route to checkmate.

• English
• 23 November 2018
Nnamdi Ehirim
• Hardcover
• 288 pages
• 164009167X
• Nnamdi Ehirim
• Prince of Monkeys