A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to You by Chance tells the story of one young man and the family who loves him.
Unable to find work, Kingsley cannot take on the duty of training his younger siblings, nor can he provide his parents with financial.
But times are bad in Nigeria, and life is hard.
As first son, he has responsibilities, too.
Being the opera of the family, Kingsley Ibe is entitled to certain privileges -- a piece of meat in his egusi soup, a party to celebrate his graduation from university.
But can he do it without being drawn into this outlandish milieu? A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to You by Chance tells the story of one young man and the family who loves him.
It\'s up to Kingsley now to reconcile his passion for knowledge with his hunger for money, and to fully assume his role of first son.
With Cash Daddy\'s intervention, Kingsley and his family can be as safe as a tortoise in its shell.
But he can help.
He\'s also rumored to run a successful empire of email scams.
Boniface--aka Cash Daddy--is an exuberant character who suffers from elephantiasis of the pocket.
Unconditional family support may be the way in Nigeria, but when Kingsley turns to his Uncle Boniface for help, he learns that charity may Come with strings attached.
And when a tragedy befalls his family, Kingsley learns the hardest lesson of all: education may be the language of success in Nigeria, but it\'s money that does the talking.
Now he worries that without a long-leg -- someone who knows someone who can help him--his degrees will do nothing but adorn the walls of his parents\' low-rent house.
For much of his young life, Kingsley believed that education was everything, that through wisdom, all things were possible.
It hasn\'t always been like this.
It does not seem to matter that he loves her deeply; he cannot afford her bride price.
Dear, sweet Ola, the sugar in Kingsley\'s tea.
And then there is Ola.
Unable to find work, Kingsley cannot take on the duty of training his younger siblings, nor can he provide his parents with financial peace in their retirement.
But times are bad in Nigeria, and life is hard.
As first son, he has responsibilities, too.
Being the opera of the family, Kingsley Ibe is entitled to certain privileges -- a piece of meat in his egusi soup, a party to celebrate his graduation from university.
A deeply moving debut novel set amid the perilous world of Nigerian email scams, I Do Not Come to You by Chance tells the story of one young man and the family who loves him