419 : a novel / Will Ferguson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670064717 (hc.)
- ISBN: 0670064718 (hc.)
- Physical Description: 399 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Viking, 2012.
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
General Note: | Canadian author. |
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Genre: | Suspense fiction. |
Available copies
- 34 of 36 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 36 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | Ferg (Text) | 33294001778448 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
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From internationally bestselling travel writer Will Ferguson, author of Happiness⢠and Spanish Fly, comes a novel both epic in its sweep and intimate in its portrayal of human endurance.A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine.
A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in sub-Saharan Africa.
And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims.
Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: âDear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your helpâ¦â
Will Ferguson takes readers deep into the labyrinth of lies that is â419,â the worldâs most insidious Internet scam.
When Laura Curtis, a lonely editor in a cold northern city, discovers that her father has died because of one such swindle, she sets out to track downâand cornerâher fatherâs killer. It is a dangerous game sheâs playing, however, and the stakes are higher than she can ever imagine.
Woven into Lauraâs journey is a mysterious woman from the African Sahel with scars etched into her skin and a young man who finds himself caught up in a web of violence and deceit.
And running through it, a dying fatherâs final words: âYou, I love.â