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Label

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Statement of responsibility

Will Ferguson

Title variation

• Four one nine
• Four hundred and nineteen

Creator

• Ferguson, Will

Author

• Ferguson, Will

Subject

• Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction
• Internet fraud -- Fiction
• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
• Fathers -- Death -- Fiction
• Suspense fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Thrillers (Fiction)
• Suspense fiction

Language

eng

Summary

A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine. A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in 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 ... ' At once a chilling thriller about a lonely woman avenging her father's death and an epic portrait of morality and corruption across the globe, Will Ferguson's Giller Prize-winning novel plunges into the labyrinth of li

Subject

• Literary fiction
• Family relationships
• Fatal traffic accidents
• Canadian fiction
• Thrillers and suspense
• Internet fraud
• Canada
• Swindlers and swindling
• Nigeria
• Boys
• Love
• Murder
• Suffering
• Redemption

Genre

• Canadian fiction
• Thrillers and suspense
• Literary fiction

Story line

• Character-driven

Tone

• Moving

Writing style

• Compelling

Award

• CBA Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year, 2013.
• Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2012.

Awards note

Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner, 2012

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

• C813/.54
• 813/.54

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR9199.4.F47

LC item number

A145 2013

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult