The Dreamers

The Dreamers is an evocative novel of the promise, expectation, and disappointment of contemporary Nigeria. This topical novel illuminates the descent from a period of immense oil wealth to a cataclysmal insolvency and eventually social torpor under military regimes. The chaotic period, captured within the city of Lagos, is experienced through the eyes of a young engineer seeking to get his life back in track after a sudden financial misfortune. His co-travellers through these tumultuous times are five other memorable characters: a sociopathic policeman with a dark and violent past; a disenchanted teenager with a cannabis-drenched philosophy; a British fun-seeker who sees a promise of gold beneath the dark confusion; a, desperate migrant from the strife-torn oilfields of the Niger Delta; and a disillusioned drifter from the northern desert. Lagos is the city of dreams, but for many their dream would end in a simple defeat and for some it would end in schizophrenia.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Ogunjobi, Rotimi
Published: 11/30/2019
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781713383611
Pages: 364
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.81d