At first the vision is grainy but slowly it clears, and there appears the figure of a man.

When a country is plunged into civil war, two brothers on either side of it are divided. They will try to find their way back to each other. One holds a secret which, hidden for many years, altered both of their lives – and he has a deep urge to confess. Kunle’s search for his sibling becomes a journey of atonement which sees him conscripted into the army to fight a war he hardly understands. Once there, he will forge friendships to last a lifetime, and meet a woman who will change his world forever. But will he tind his brother?

The story of a young man seeking redemption in a nation on fire, Chigozie Obioma’s novel is an odyssey of friendship, love and unimaginable courage set during the Biafran War. Intertwining myth and realism into a thrilling, inspired and emotionally powerful novel, The Road to the Country is a masterpiece.