A Squatter's Tale
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Overview
Ike Oguine’s debut novel, A Squatter’s Tale is a dark and bold story about the life of a Nigerian business man living in exile in America.
Obi does not shy away from his flaws. Dishonest, offensive, arrogant - he moves through life caring little about the people around him. Yet when his uncle comes to visit from America, showering him with gifts and selling him tales of a new life, Obi is determined to follow him. After buying a one-way ticket, he quickly realises that neither his uncle nor America are quite what they promised to be.
Fast-paced and defiant, A Squatter’s Tale is an honest insight into the experiences of a Nigerian man living in 1990s America.
‘Few people have read this hilarious novel but one read is all you need to become a fan.’ Guardian
Ike Oguine’s debut novel, A Squatter’s Tale is a dark and bold story about the life of a Nigerian business man living in exile in America.
First published in 1997. A Squatter’s Tale is set in Lagos, Nigeria and then Oakland, California in the 1990s. It explores the experiences of a Nigerian immigrant in America.
The novel received the Association of Nigerian Authors award for fiction in 1997.
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’Few people have read this hilarious novel but one read is all you need to become a fan.’
- Title: A Squatter's Tale
- Author: Ike Oguine
- Publisher: Apollo
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781803288420, 9781035900633, 1035900637, 1803288426
- Resource ID: LLS:9781803288420
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T10:02:01Z
Ike Oguine is a writer and lawyer born in Anambra State, Nigeria in 1965.
He was educated at the University of Jos where he received a Master of Laws in 1987. As well as working for over two decades as a lawyer, Oguine has written several opinion pieces for the New Internationalist, West Africa and Times Literary Supplement, and has written several short stories.
His first novel, A Squatter's Tale, won the Association of Nigerian Authors award for fiction in 1997.