Famished Road Trilogy

Myth and naturalism are combined in the story of Azaro, the spirit-child who lives in an impoverished African village, and the upheavals that he and his family face

“Who can be certain where the end begins?" said Dad, shortly before he was arrested for the murder of the carpenter ... This novel, the conclusion to the trilogy that began with the Man Booker Prize winner The Famished Road, follows the spirit-child Azaro, who travels between the worlds of the living and the dead.