One more tale for the road
Subtitle: the novelised anthology
By: Chuma Nwokolo, Jr..
Publisher: Villagerhouse
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lagos
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
First sentence: Ma'Kanu was dying, and the family was gathering.
Description: A dying matriach's last wish is to attend her own wake. In her niche of the world, this translates into a story and songfest.
Ostracised on her deathbed by a vengeful community, her depleted wake is kept by a dysfunctional family dogged by a history of incest and patricide. Four sterling stories are contributed by her adopted children. What began as a whim soon becomes deadly serious, with true-life intimations of murder, madness and mystery.
   Unfortunately, the lady 'dying-in-state' was provoked to tell one more tale for the road. Heart-breaking secrets emerge, tearing her patch-work family apart and triggering the telltale who dramatically stripped the protection of mystery she had worn all her life.
Table of contents: value: The Gathering: 1.The Healing of Rekia; 2. The Day of the Jewel; 3. Silence in Heaven; 4. Missing Person; 5. Zuru Junction;; value: The Scattering: 6. The Devil I know; 7. The Evidence of the Stew