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.
'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 WhitbournAn emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry
—— Woman's WeeklyOne of the most brilliantly sustained and focused pieces of satire I've ever read
—— Douglas AdamsKiller prose...a viciously funny satire that also works as a tongue-in-cheek thriller
—— The Sunday TimesHere is a fine Iliad for our times, to be read with great pleasure
—— Philip Howard , The Times