Ben Okri, Biography, The Famished Road, Books, & Facts

Ben Okri is a Nigerian novelist, short-story writer, and poet who used magic realism to convey the social and political chaos in the country of his birth. His novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize in 1991. Learn more about Ben Okri’s life and writings here.

Ben Okri, Biography, The Famished Road, Books, & Facts

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The Famished Road

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The Famished Road - Ben Okri, Vintage Classic [1991]

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