2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner
Beasts of No Nation: A Novel
Uzodinma Iweala
As civil war rages in an unnamed West-African nation, Agu, the school-aged protagonist of this stunning debut novel, is recruited into a unit of guerilla fighters….
2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Shortlist
A Sudden Country: A Novel
Karen Fisher
Garner: A Novel
Kirstin Allio
John Crow’s Devil
Marlon James
