**WINNER OF THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS' MCKITTERICK PRIZE'Chidi Ebere has achieve something extraordinary with Now I Am Here. The book takes the voice of the oppressor, an instrument of the regime, and convincingly brings the reader into the burgeoning dark innocence of an evil heart' - Rónán Hession, McKitterick Prize judgeWe begin at the end. The armies of the National Defence Movement have been crushed and our un...

In Now I Am Here, we begin at the end. The armies of the National Defence Movement have been crushed and our unnamed narrator and his unit are surrounded. Prepared for defeat at the hands of the enemy and with only his sins for company, he turns to confession. As he recounts the events leading to his disastrous finale, we learn how this gentle man is gradually transformed into a war criminal, committing acts he wouldn’t have thought himself capable.Chidi Ebere’s debut is a...