Good Read: The Fishermen - Chigozie Obioma

Can a mad man's curse ruin a family? Such is the narrative from the perspective of a nine-year old Benjamin. Four brothers: Ikenna, Boja, Obembe, and Benjamin went on a fishing expedition that ends tragically when they were confronted by Abulu, the village maniac.

I pondered while reading, was it their strict father's discipline with the "horsetail whip" that triggered off Ikenna strange behaviour? could the curse have been averted by prayers? Tragedy after tragedy befell the family and it was shattered to its core - The gods are not to blame or a lunatic's prophesy fulfilled?  

Would love to see this novel as a play, it was a book that was refreshing, twined in 1990's Nigeria from the Late M.K.O Abiola's June 12 nullified election, to the commotion it caused where lives were lost and a mother psychotic episode after losing her 2 children in strange circumstances beyond her control all in a vibrant city called Akure.