Beasts of No Nation

Description

In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at the hands of militants, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander. While the war rages on, Agu becomes increasingly divorced from the life he had known before the conflict started--a life of school friends, church services, and time with his family still intact. In a powerful, strikingly original voice that vividly captures Agu's youth and confusion, Uzodinma Iweala has produced a harrowing, inventive, and deeply affecting novel.

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Other Editions

• Beasts of No NationElectronic resourceHarperCollins2007-01-01
• Beasts of No NationHodder & Stoughton2005-01-01
• Beasts of no nationJohn Murray2005-01-01
• Beasts of No NationHardcoverHarperCollins Publishers2005-01-01
• Beasts of no nationHarperCollins Publishers2005-01-01
• Beasts of No NationpaperbackHARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS2005-04-15