The Famished Road Trilogy

About the Series

Since he published his first novel, Flowers and Shadows(1980), Ben Okri has risen to an international acclaim, and he is often described as one of Africa's leading writers. His best known work, The Famished Road, which was awarded the 1991 Booker Prize, along with Songs of Enchantmentand Infinite Richesmake up a trilogy that follows the life of Azaro, a spirit-child narrator, through the social and political turmoil of an African nation reminiscent of Okri's remembrance of war-torn Nigeria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Okri