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==General fiction==
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|author=Helon Habila
|title=Oil on Water
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=The book opens with two local journalists on a rather dangerous trip. Zaq, old-timer and cynic but still has the skills to seek out a good story and apprentice Rufus. A British oil engineer's wife has gone missing, believed kidnapped and the two journalists are following her trail. Zaq comes across as an interesting character; all-seeing, all-knowing albeit likes a drink or two. He's happy to impart years of knowledge to Rufus and tells him that ' ... the story is not always the final goal.' What's really important, what the readers want to know and what sells newspapers is ' ... the meaning of the story.'
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241144868</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Laura Elliot
