Measuring time
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Measuring time
（Penguin books）（Penguin fiction）
Penguin, 2008
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"First published in the United States of America by W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. 2007. First published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton 2007"--T.p. verso
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In the small Nigerian village of Keti live Mamo and LaMamo, twin sons of a domineering father. When one day the boys try and escape the village, only LaMamo succeeds - and in time becomes a soldier well-versed in the ways of life and death.
Mamo, too sickly to leave, remains in Keti finding solace in the arms of Zara while watching impotently as his detested father grows powerful and corrupt. Unable to wield a weapon, Mamo instead reaches for a pen and soon begins to write the true history of Keti and its people - all the time awaiting the return of his beloved brother, LaMamo ...
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