His 2007 novel, Hustle (published as Spanish Fly in Canada), followed a pair of 1930 short con grifters. 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.Īnd running through it, a dying father' s final words: " You, I love. Listen Free to 419 audiobook by Will Ferguson with a 30 Day Free Trial Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and Android devices. Will Ferguson seems to have a liking for con games. It is a dangerous game she' s playing, however, and the stakes are higher than she can ever imagine. 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. 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," winner of the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize.Ī car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine.Ī woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in sub-Saharan Africa.Īnd in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims. As a parent, my fear is that when we die, we'll have to watch all those moments in our lives when we were short tempered with our children, all the times they needed our love and we didn't give it, all those times we were distracted or in a bad mood, and.
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