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Sozaboy : a novel in rotten English

188 pages ; 20 cm "Sozaboy describes the fortunes of a young naive recruit in the Nigerian Civil War: from the first proud days of recruitment to the disillusionment, confusion and horror that follows. The author's use of 'rotten English'--a mixture of Nigerian pidgin English, broken English and idiomatic English--makes this a unique and powerful novel"--Back cover Novel