Summary

419

[a Novel]
Laura's father has committed suicide after being conned in a 419 scheme which robbed him of his life savings. Laura is going to great lengths to find the con man who is all the way in Nigeria while she is living in Calgary, Canada. There are two other characters in the book as well. Nnamdi a boy living in Nigeria, and Amina a pregnant girl who is running away from her home. They eventually meet up while Nnamdi is driving a tanker full of gasoline. He rescues her in the sense that he is the only one who cares about her and her unborn child. He takes on the role of the father even though he did not impregnate her. Mean while Laura has discovered the identity of the con man and has begun conning him in return. She arrives in Lagos to reclaim her fathers money. The man who conned her father works for a crime lord in Lagos, who happens to be Nnamdi's cousin. Nnamdi and Amina have journeyed to Lagos for the help of that same cousin. Laura is able to get her fathers money back, however Nnamdi is expected to stab her in her hotel room. He decides not to and is murdered by his cousin using the fire/tire method. Laura escapes Lagos leaving pregnant Amina behind and indebted. Once returning home she is plagued by guilt and eventually sends the money she retrieved to Amina, she thinks this is what her father would want.