num_pages: 227
description: Lomba is a young journalist living in Lagos under Nigeria's brutal military regime. His mind is full of soul music and girls and the novel he's writing. Yet when his room-mate goes mad and is beaten up by soldiers, his first love is forced to marry a man she doesn't want, and his neighbours decide to hold a demo that is bound to lead to a riot, Lomba realizes that he can no longer bury his head in the sand. It's time to write the truth about this reign of terror ...
language: English
title: Waiting for an Angel
titlecomplete: Waiting for an Angel
genres: Fiction, African Literature, Nigeria, Historical Fiction, Politics, Adult, Africa, Literature, Short Stories, Novels
ratings_count: 440
places: Lagos
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in Africa
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd