Waiting For an Angel

Jun 20, 2025 3:58 PM

Author:Helon Habila

WAITING FOR AN ANGEL marks the debut of one of Africa's most promising new writers.

Lomba is a young journalist living under military regime in Lagos, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. His mind is full of soul music and girls and thenovel he is writing. But his room-mate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers, his first love is forced to marry a man she doesn't love, and his neighbours are planning a demo which is bound to incite riot and arrests. Lomba can no longer bury his head in the sand. He must write the truth about this reign of terror . . .

WAITING FOR AN ANGEL captures the despair, the frenzy and the stubborn hope of a generation daring to speak out against one of the world's most oppressive regimes.

Reviews

'Brutal, bloody and thoroughly gripping - Pressfield has an amazing grasp of the savage mind, and the precarious nature of civilization'

—— Diana Gabaldon

'Pressfield writes with a quality and style akin to classical legend...a powerful elegy to a world that wasn't to be...a profound dialogue between civilization and "savagery"...A joy to read'

—— John Whitbourn

An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry

—— Woman's Weekly

One of the most brilliantly sustained and focused pieces of satire I've ever read

—— Douglas Adams

Killer prose...a viciously funny satire that also works as a tongue-in-cheek thriller

—— The Sunday Times

Here is a fine Iliad for our times, to be read with great pleasure

—— Philip Howard , The Times

Previous Article：The Old Curiosity Shop Next Article：Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works

Comments

Welcome to zzdbook comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.