2016 BOOKS OF THE YEAR DÉBUT FICTION


THE FISHERMEN CHIGOZIE OBIOMA ONE


In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers—the youngest is nine, the oldest 15—use their strict father’s absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river. They encounter a dangerous local madman who predicts that the oldest brother will be killed by one of his siblings. This prophesy breaks their strong bond and unleashes a tragic chain of events of almost mythic proportions. Passionate and bold, The Fishermen


I LET YOU GO CLARE MACKINTOSH SPHERE


In a split second, Jenna Gray’s world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to walk away from everything she knows to start afresh. Desperate to escape, Jenna moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast, but she is haunted by her fears, her grief and her memories of a cruel November night that changed her life forever. Slowly, Jenna begins to glimpse


the potential for happiness in her future. But her past is about to catch up with her, and the consequences will be devastating . . .


is a breathtakingly beautiful novel firmly rooted in the best of African storytelling. With this powerful début, Chigozie Obioma emerges as one of the most original new voices of modern African literature.


GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS MAX PORTER FABER & FABER


In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother’s sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well- meaning visitors and emptiness. In this moment of despair they are


visited by Crow: antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. This sentimental bird is drawn to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him.


As weeks turn to months and the pain of loss gives way to memories, the little unit of three starts to heal.


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