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Get a hold of yourself, people. This long debut novel is really one situation told over and over again. He stands for many and any effort to succeed as a smaller keg in the system is difficult and dangerous. Or is it? Why do people, An amusing and very insightful look into the world of an email scammer, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2016. 'Yes, I deal in crime, but I'm doing it for the good of others'. Although a very different book from Things Fall Apart, Nwaubani's sentences and cadences evoke her distinguished countryman's prose. This novel begins shortly before cellular phone service and internet communication become widely available in Nigeria. It is akin to the biblical purgatory. I'm almost sure that most readers have gotten one of those emails, that start off with, "I do not come to you by chance." As first son, he has responsibilities, too. Mad Mad Love, Best Friends to Lovers Romance Saga, 4 Book Collection (Complete Seri... Avenged by Love: A Friends-to-Lovers, Military Romance (An Anchor Novel Book 3). Previous page of related Sponsored Products. Remember that email that we got from those Nigerians that needed our help getting all that money out of Africa?
He wants to find an engineering job to support his family and to marry his perfect girl, Ola. I hope that you can be trusted to handle a transaction of this magnitude." The book started slowly and I almost lost interest - indeed I stopped reading for two weeks. Adaobi Nwaumbani grew up in the Eastern part of Nigeria, among the Igbo speaking people who are actually the major culprits of 419. From what Augustina had been told, as soon as she came into the world and the midwife smacked her buttocks so that she could cry and force air into her lungs, her mother took in a deep breath and died. As the story opens, Kingsley, a first-born son, struggles to provide for his beloved family when his ailing father's income dwindles. From The Washington Post's Book World/washingtonpost.com Reviewed by Chris Cleave "Dear Friend, I do not come to you by chance. Many university graduates are found in this novel, but opportu. Upon my quest for a trusted and reliable foreign business man or company, I was given your contact by the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. One of these items ships sooner than the other. I found this book at the library and brought it home because ANZ LitLovers had recently read The Other Hand by Chris Cleave, partly set in Nigeria, but not written by a Nigerian.
This is her first novel. Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2016. Kingsley - the book's protagonist - is a top grade student, who due to a lack of connections never manages to land the dream job he has studied for. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. A realistic and often quite humorous peek behind the curtain of Nigerian scams also known as 419s, because that is the criminal code for those types of internet scams. My Life as an Album (Books 1-4): A Small Town Romance Series. 'Yes, I deal in crime, but I'm doing it for the good of others'. Should one live according to ideals or according to realities? I read through some of the other reviews here, some of which were super funny. If you like undying love, enthralling characters, and amazing story telling, you'll be completely captivated by Kahlen Aymes' modern day fairy tale! Many university graduates are found in this novel, but opportunities post-graduation for related work is absent or is gotten by long-legged influence more than by demonstration of competence. Should one live according to ideals or according to realities? Was the story factually accurate? The protagonist, Kingsley Ibe, is a young man who recently graduated from university. [ he sets up an internet cafe that looks completely legitimate but is for the purpose of 'industrialising' this scam. Being the opera of the family, Kingsley Ibe is entitled to certain privileges--a piece of meat in his egusi soup, a party to celebrate his graduation from university. I agree that the writing is less than perfect, but it also added a bit of feeling and flavor. As first son, he has responsibilities, too. The Nigerian prince scam has become a cultural touchstone of the continuous globalizing and interconnecting world. We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. So the story starts off a bit slow, but by the time Kingsley gets fully integrated into his uncle Boniface's(aka Cash Daddy)419 business, things move at a good pace with humor and wisdom smartly placed throughout the novel. Please try again. Nwaubani, in my opinion, has crafted an interesting tale, with fascinating characters and a nice plot line. One-hundred-year-old Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. About halfway through I realised I was reading a truly brilliant piece of satire, and it just got better and better (and more mercilessly irreverent) as it went along. The dead woman was the most recent of five wives, the youngest, and the most beloved. Please try again. It is fiction! In this highly entertaining novel about Nigerian Internet scammers, Kingsley Ibe is an engineering school graduate who can't find a job and still lives at home with his family. Who can be sure of what is right and what is wrong in a survival situation? Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Entertaining read also attempting some deeper thought, i.e., what happens when life doesn't go according to plan? And meanwhile his younger siblings need educating, his father is diabetic and can't afford medical care, and his girlfriend is getting harassed by her parents about the lack of a proposal. Him getting a phone call from Mr. Winterbottom is meant to show that he is still doing 419 scams, right? It's sad and funny at the same time, and the character of Kingsley, the narrator voice, shows depth, darkness and light, reflection and action. It is set in Nigeria and written by a Nigerian, so it felt like I was reading the story from within, from that perspective. There's a problem loading this menu right now. I had never heard of the author and need to find out if she has written anything since this one because I must read more of her work! His parents have always done the right thing, he has worked his heart out to excel educationally, but he can't get a job because he doesn't have connections. Very vivid. Kingsley is a young man from a decent educated middle-class Nigerian family. Classic stories for armchair travelers. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Nothing is quite right; one feels neither here nor there, trapped in a dispensation that is not quite alien, not quite home. As the scams increase in scale and audacity, the novel begins to accomplish something more than simply poking fun at the lust and rapacity that make a small but lucrative fraction of Westerners susceptible to such scams. If you enjoy a book that weaves together family, hope, hidden wounds & secret addictions, then you'll love Laurie Lisa's relatable, emotional story. It's sad and funny at the same time, and the character of Kingsley, the narrator voice, shows depth, darkness and light, reflection and action. At times hilarious, at times sad, mostly satirical, always vividly told... a very good read with food for thought on the Nigerian 419 scheme. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2018. Something went wrong. Can a character do bad and good at the same time, i.e., are Uncle Boniface and Kings thieves or philanthropists? Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published One of Nwaubani's many fine achievements in publishing her timely novel here is to give Westerners credit for beginning to move on from that. I liked it. It is written as the life of a Nigerian scammer, who starts out entirely respectable, with a degree in Chemical Engineering. As the plots converge, Kingsley must decide whether to sell his soul to build a 419 kingdom. Funny and insightful look at an Igbo Nigerian family where good education is prized above easy money & the hard choices they must make when this same dirty money becomes their only option for survival. Tao Te Ching: A New English Version (Perennial Classics), The Secret Lives of the Four Wives: A Novel, Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition). Please try again. It was, therefore, not surprising that they knew exactly what had happened in the hospital on that day. Summary. This was an entertaining novel based on the inner workings of financial scam in Nigeria.
Nigerian e-mail scams are so notorious that few of us give them a thought. To create our... To see what your friends thought of this book. We did it! He reminds me a little of the godfather played by Al Pacino.
"No matter what the media proclaimed," says Kingsley, "we were not villains, and the good people of Eastern Nigeria knew it."
A great read. Kingsley did not come to his uncle,"Cash Daddy's" way of life by chance. Become An Affiliate How interesting that something so ordinary, like Nigerian internet scams- can be the fodder behind this story! A gleeful and often hilarious carnival of cliché parades through these pages. People in the villages seemed to know everything. He stands for many and any effort to succeed as a smaller keg in the system is difficult and dangerous. If you like angsty, forbidden romance, then you will love Emery Rose's highly emotional, swoon-worthy Love and Chaos series. 'Deeply moving' is not a phrase I would use to describe this novel. Very good for a first novel. Very good for a first novel. Contact GidiBooks. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Twelve stamps on the passport of the soul. This is one of those books that takes a grim situation and turns it into a fun and entertaining story: the background is poverty and corruption in Nigeria, but the book is the polar opposite of, say. But the story took unexpected turns and twists: it became very enthralling. The writer definitely has a style oThat captures local lingo and expressions which is creative.
It takes talent to make sympathetic characters of adults who fleece others for a living. I don't know what possessed me to read this book. Enter Uncle Boniface, aka Cash Daddy, a 419er or Nigerian email scammer, offering Kingsley a job.
Who can judge without being judged? Kingsley is fresh out of university, eager to find an engineering job so he can support his family and marry the girl of his dreams. A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to You by Chance tells the story of one young man and the family who loves him. The author shines a stark.
At times hilarious, at times sad, mostly satirical, always vividly told... a very good read with food for thought on the Nigerian 419 scheme. And yet these missives are an unsung literary form, a river of wheedling, flattery and grasping that flows directly from the desires of the human heart. Please try your request again later. This was such a great romp of a satire. It is also a great snapshot of Nigeria. Buy Books Who can judge without being judged? A realistic and often quite humorous peek behind the curtain of Nigerian scams also known as 419s, because that is the criminal code for those types of internet scams. When She Touches: A Discovery of Destiny and a Gift Like No Other (Genevieve Series). The ending is unexpected and very fitting. Start by marking “I Do Not Come to You by Chance” as Want to Read: Error rating book.
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