I usually approach Helon Habila's books with dread. His novels are too long, even when they are just two pages. I just finished reading his new novel, 'Oil on Water', ostensibly about the hell that is the Niger Delta. Habila doesn't disappoint. The novel is too long. He should have stopped right after the first page and directed us to YouTube to gawk at gas flares and military goons drawing, hanging and quartering hapless civilians. 'Oil on Water' offers absolutely no new insights on the issue of crude oil and the Niger Delta. In any case, everything has been said; all that is left is purposeful rage directed at the myrmidons of Nigeria's hell-delta.
Enjoy... or delete...
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/ArtsandCulture/Books/5632343-183/story.csp
- Ikhide
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