419 Contributor(s): Ferguson, Will (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143176013 ISBN-13: 9780143176015 Publisher: Penguin Books Canada OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - Technological |
Dewey: 813.6 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 7.2" W x 9.2" (2.30 lbs) 432 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From internationally bestselling travel writer Will Ferguson, author of Happiness(TM) 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: "Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help..." Will Ferguson takes readers deep into the labyrinth of lies that is "419," the world's 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 down--and corner--her father's killer. It is a dangerous game she's playing, however, and the stakes are higher than she can ever imagine. Woven into Laura's 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 father's final words: "You, I love." |