{"product_id":"allah-is-not-obliged-9780099433927","title":"Allah Is Not Obliged","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''The full, final and completely complete title of my bullshit story is: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllah is not obliged to be fair about all things he does here on earth''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirahima''s story is one of horror and laughter. After his mother''s death he travels to Liberia to find his aunt but on the way gets caught up in rebel fighting and ends up with a Kalashnikov in his hands. He tells of the chaotic and terrible adventures that follow in his career as a small soldier with heartbreaking bravado and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of luminous humanity -- Michael Thompson-Noel * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eit is a powerful, shocking and deeply moving novel, an African \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e...Through Kourouma's skilful telling, the characters live on the page -- Aminatta Forna * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAn exceptional storyteller * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllah is Not Obliged\u003c\/i\u003e... deftly captures the mixture of horror, fascination and detachment with which a child views the world of grown-up folly * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003eMelding fiction and fact with the humility of childhood, Ahmadou Kourouma deftly exposes the desperate nature of the civil wars - and the relentless poverty - that have ravaged Africa, and brings the grandeur of gestures such as the G8 pledges into uncomfortably sharp relief -- Sarak Birke * New Statesman *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732224225623,"sku":"9780099433927","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/allah-is-not-obliged-9780099433927","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}