The book tells the story of a fictitious town (Kosawa) somewhere in Africa whose land, rivers & air has been taken over by an oil company (Pexton). The story as narrated by characters of different generations is nothing new, we all know & have experienced what happens to indigenous people’s lives & their existence when foreign companies working hand in hand with corrupt leaders decide to literally destroy them.

This is my first time reading anything by this Author & to be completely honest, it took me time to get into the book. It was a May Bookclub pick & since May was a crazy month for me, I somehow never made time to read the book. But am glad that I took time after the Bookclub meeting to finish it at my own pace & give it all my attention. It was a good read even though I was disappointed not to see any big 'David triumphs' in a story that is hailed by Oprah Magazine as a 'A David & Goliath story of our times'. At this moment in time when there are so many atrocities being perpetrated all over the world, I really needed a 'successful David' narrative, we all need it. This book unfortunately couldn’t provide that.