Welcome to Litsy!

�The new generation of twenty-first-century African writers have now come of age. Without a doubt Habila is one of the best.��Emmanuel Dongala In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil executive has been kidnapped. Two journalists�a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq�are sent to find her. In a story rich with atmosphere and taut with suspense, Oil on Water explores the conflict between idealism and cynical disillusionment in a journey full of danger and unintended consequences. As Rufus and Zaq navigate polluted rivers flanked by exploded and dormant oil wells, in search of �the white woman,� they must contend with the brutality of both government soldiers and militants. Assailed by irresolvable versions of the �truth� about the woman�s disappearance, dependent on the kindness of strangers of unknowable loyalties, their journalistic objectivity will prove unsustainable, but other values might yet salvage their human dignity. (less)

�The new generation of twenty-first-century African writers have now come of age. Without a doubt Habila is one of the best.��Emmanuel Dongala In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil (…more)