Kachi A Ozumba, featured in issue 58 of Wasafiri, has his novel selected as one of the Books of the Year 2009 in the Observer newspaper

Well-known writers, filmmakers, politicians and fashion designers were asked about the books that kept them turning the pages in 2009.

Renowned poet, Jackie Kay and regular contributor to Wasafiri magazine (see current issue 60), selected Kachi A Ozumba's novel The Shadow of a Smile and said it 'is a brilliantly funny and gripping novel that examines the corruption and hypocrisy within the Nigerian justice system'.

Winner of the Decibel Penguin Short Story Prize in 2006 and the Regional Winner for Africa of the 2009 Commonwealth Short Story Competition, Kachi's short story Police and Thieves was published by Wasafiri in issue 58 of the magazine.

Click here to read the other books selected as the page turners of 2009 in the Observer newspaper.

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