419 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143176015)

From internationally bestselling travel writer Will Ferguson, author of Happiness(TM) and Spanish Fly, comes a novel both epic in its sweep and intimate in its portrayal of human endurance.

A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine.

A woman without a name 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..."

Will Ferguson takes readers deep into the labyrinth of lies that is "419," the world's most insidious Internet scam.

When Laura Curtis, a lonely editor in a cold northern city, discovers that her father has died because of one such swindle, she sets out to track down--and corner--her father's killer. It is a dangerous game she's playing, however, and the stakes are higher than she can ever 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 up in a web of violence and deceit.

And running through it, a dying father's final words: "You, I love."

Author: Will Ferguson
ISBN-10: 0143176013
ISBN-13: 9780143176015
Publisher: Penguin Books Canada
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2013
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.20w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/26/2013