Book description
How many times have you opened your emails to find one saying something
like "Dear Friend, I am a retired barrister. I alone know the
existence of this ten million pound deposit. I am looking for your
assistance." In Nigeria, the people who these email scams are
called 419ers, after a section in the law. But behind the emails lie
real people and real stories. We Do Not Come to You by Chance takes this
idea and turns it on its head, imagining the life of a young man who
gets sucked into the 419 world. Kingsley is fresh out of university and
eager to find a job to support his family after his father has falled
ill. But in a country riven with corruption, jobs are difficult to come
by and when his father's condition worsens, Kingsley is forced to
approach his uncle Boniface for help. Boniface - known to most people as
Cash Daddy - is a hugely successful 419 scammer. Larger than life, with
a personality as big as his waistline, Cash Daddy gradually persuades
Kingsley to join him - after all the West is rich and can afford to
share its generous wealth with others less fortunate. Unconditional
family support is a given in Nigeria, but Kingsley soon realises that
nothing there comes for free. Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani grew up in
Umuahia, Eastern Nigeria. She made her very first income in life from
writing-when she won an essay competition at the age of thirteen.
Subsequently, she won more essay competitions, prizes for poetry, play
writing, and poetry recitation. She did a teeny-weeny bit of successful
stand-up comedy at one point. While currently posing as an employee with
her father's accounting firm, she is thinking about her next novel. We
Do Not Come to You by Chance is her debut.
