The Famished Road

Set in the ghetto of an African city during British colonial rule, this rich, phantasmagorical novel follows Azaro, a "spirit-child" who has reneged on a pact with the spirit world. Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize, this book is "something approaching a masterpiece of magic realism...." -- "The Wall Street Journal" 

Author: Ben Okri

Publisher: Anchor

Released Date: 1992

ISBN: 9780385425131