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Mobi's Afican Odyssey
Mobi's Afican Odyssey
Mobi's Afican Odyssey
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Mobi's Afican Odyssey

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In August 1969, a young, lovelorn Englishman abandons his new life in North America and flies out to war-torn Nigeria, where he takes up a position with an American oil company. He finds himself in a strange, alien world, which is tearing itself apart in a brutal civil war and where the rule of law is intermittently enforced by the ill-disciplined military.
Mobi’s sexual awakening commences when he discovers the Lagos nightclubs. After a number of erotic and riotous escapades, including being arrested for murder, he meets and subsequently marries the sensuous, hot-blooded, highly volatile Azzy, a gorgeous black girl from the Lagos slums.

At the cessation of war hostilities, Mobi is ordered to make a road journey through the devastated ex-Biafran territory, where the bridges have been destroyed and dead bodies litter the roads. The trip is jam-packed with hair-raising incidents.

The couple set up home in an abandoned house in the war-ravaged, 'wild west' town of Port Harcourt, and during the next two years, they have a stormy relationship which leads to many thrilling adventures with some unexpected consequences.

Azzy's abusive, drunken behavior spirals out of control while Mobi’s close friendship with a local military officer leads to yet more trouble when a heady mix of sex and alcohol create a profound hostility between the two former friends.

‘African Odyssey’ is a story of romance, adventure, erotic sex, abuse, murder and much more. Not without humor, the book delves deeply into the characters of the two main protagonists: Mobi - the introverted, young Englishman, who finds his dream girl in the bars of Lagos but becomes a borderline alcoholic; and Azzy - the volatile, drunken siren, whose childhood of abuse has indelibly scarred her for life.

The novel describes life in lawless Nigeria during the late 60s and early 70s, where witch doctors were still part and parcel of daily life.

Along the way, we meet a host of diverse characters from the era: bigoted expatriates; thieving renegades, corrupt locals; good-hearted white settlers; 'ancients' steeped in African traditions; brutal, drunken military; and the omnipresent 'ladies of the night'.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherMobi D'Ark
Release dateFeb 22, 2020
ISBN9780463543955
Mobi's Afican Odyssey
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Mobi D'Ark

Mobi D'Ark was born in 1946 in Hampshire, England and grew up in post-war, economically depressed East London/Essex. He left school at the age of sixteen to become an accountant and had a 40-year career in the world of global finance. During this time he lived and worked extensively abroad, primarily in South East Asia, West Africa, The Middle East, and North America. He concluded his career back where he started - in the City of London. Taking early retirement in 2,000, Mobi turned his hand to his first love, creative writing, and over the following 14 years, he has written a collection of six Thai-based novelettes, a children's novel, a crime novelette based in the Middle East and three full-length novels, two of which are mainly based in Thailand, and the third in Nigeria. Mobi is a much-wedded world traveller and has been caught up in many sensational adventures. These include a bloody civil war; a kidnapping; high-level corruption; a murder or two and a few other foolhardy escapades which on occasion, have caused him to spend several brief spells in third-world jails. Much of his writing is based on these personal experiences. After living overseas for many years, Mobi returned to the UK in 2017 and now lives in Rutland.

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