In a small town in western Nigeria, four young brothers – the youngest is nine, the oldest fifteen – use their strict father’s absence from home to go fishing at a forbidden local river.They encounter a dangerous local madman who predicts that the oldest brother will be killed by another. This prophesy breaks their strong bond, and unleashes a tragic chain of events of almost mythic proportions.Passionate and bold, The Fishermen is a breathtakingly beautiful novel, firmly rooted in the best of African storytelling.Winner of the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction)Winner of the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Debut Author)Winner of the 2015 FT/Oppenheimer Emerging Voices Award for FictionFinalist for the 2015 Man Booker PrizeFinalist for the 2015 Guardian First Book AwardFinalist for the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeLonglisted for the 2016 International Dylan Thomas PrizeLonglisted for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature