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PINTAIL Trade Paperback September 2013
419
A Novel
Will Ferguson
978-0-14-318872-8 • $16.00/NCR
Trade Paperback
432 pp./5 1/4” x 8 1/4”/Novel
Rights: S00
Publishing History: Original
On sale August 27, 2013
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A prize-winning literary thriller full of danger,
deceit, and a daughter’s desperate bid
for revenge.
A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine. A woman walks
out of a dust storm in sub-Saharan 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…”
When Laura Curtis, a lonely editor in a cold northern city, discovers that
her father has died because of such a swindle, she sets out to track down
her father’s killer. It is a dangerous game, however, and the stakes are
higher than she can imagine. 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 in a web of violence and deceit.
And running through it, a dying father’s final words: “You, I love.”
“As good a novel about the world in its entirety…as I’ve seen in years,
or will likely see in years to come. It stays with you, it makes you think,
and it hurts.” —New York Times bestselling author Gary Shteyngart
“419 is sharp and unpredictable, full of surprising, wonderful
characters. It isn’t just clever—it’s spectacular.”
—Man Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle
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SALES POINTS
• 419 was awarded the prestigious Giller Prize in 2012
• Ferguson is also an award-winning nonfiction writer, and his first critically
acclaimed novel, Happiness, was published in 26 languages and
31 countries
Will Ferguson is the author of several award-winning and critically-acclaimed
books, including Beyond Belfast and Happiness. His work has been
nominated for both an IMPAC Dublin Award and a Commonwealth Writers’
Prize. He lives in Calgary, Canada. Author website: willferguson.ca
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