Mental Agony

About the Book

Mental Agony is a fiction based on some old family values and challenges in the early 70s. The book has a traditional setting that discusses old practices that are now outlawed. Amuko Community was beset by a catastrophic fire incident caused by some miscreants who went to vandalize the Right of Way of a Petroleum Pipeline. The Chief of Amuku and elders of the community came up with a decision that the gods of their land were angry with the entire community. To atone for their sins, there must be a human sacrifice which must be male and a native of Amuko. Chima, the protagonist was badly affected as he lost his mother and sister due to the fire disaster. There was a secret decision that Chima be used for the sacrifice. He escaped to the city and later moved northwards. Mr Ike, Chima’s father had ten wives and many children. The family disintegrated with most of the wives going into prostitution. Chima and Kent his friend ran into some stolen funds belonging to a group of armed criminals. They became wealthy. Chima had a reunion with Charles, his step brother. Both had a tragic end, went insane.

About the Author

Isaac Benjamin is a writer of international repute. His literary works vary from Prose, Poetry and Drama. As a product of the Nigerian Defence Academy, the author celebrates the sacrifice of the military and well-meaning Nigerians in ensuring that the Fourth Republic is stable amid many political and ethnic intrigues which have plagued the nation for many years. His research works are amazing as they address without bias problems that challenge the Nigerian State. The author is a satirist and designed a peculiar writing pattern to deride the ills he writes about. He has published several literary and research works, among them; Great Giants of Wicked Purities, Child Delivery in a Courtroom, Farewell To N’Djamena and the Solitary Verses to mention just a few. His literary style is poised and assured. For Mental Agony, he skillfully negotiates the emotional and social terrain, and thus devices a novel which is thought –provoking and exciting. In other word, compelling reading. The writer’s dream is to win a Nobel Prize in Literature in his life time and then fly away, to the heavens and free.