Great product!</br></br>Product Description</br></br>With effortless grace?? celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu?? a thirteen-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo?? a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna?? the professor??s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover??s charm; and Richard?? a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna??s willful twin sister Kainene. <i>Half of a Yellow Sun</i> is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise?? hope?? and disappointment of the Biafran war.</br><br/>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400095204