Now I Am Here by Chidi Ebere

Now I Am Here by Chidi EbereWe begin at the end. The armies of the National Defence Movement have been crushed and our unnamed narrator and his unit are surrounded. Prepared for defeat at the hands of the enemy and with only his sins for company, he turns to confession. Chidi Eberes debut novel is a profound reflection on how good people can do terrible things precipitated by circumstances and the violence of war. As he recounts the events leading to his disastrous finale, we

he became immersed in Zen Buddhism

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elegiac and fascinating

But shadows are everywhere

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'A deeply reassuring essential read' Sunday Independent'Visceral and honest' Telegraph'Bryony Gordon is a terrific

These are stories old and young

' Aiden Thomas

one of the greatest writers who ever lived

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Spectacular skyscrapers

In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary – in solemn memory of Rosemary Barton who died at the same table exactly one year previously

It was first published in The Early Italian Poets in 1861 and then reissued in 1874 by Dante and his circle