From the publisher: "A heart-breaking story about a Nigerian poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves, by Man Booker Finalist and author of The Fishermen. Spanning continents, traversing the earth and cosmic spaces, and told by a narrator who has lived for hundreds of years, the novel is a contemporary twist of Homer's Odyssey. Written in the mythic style of the Igbo literary tradition, Chigozie Obioma weaves a heart-wrenching epic about destiny and determination. An Orchestra of Minorities tells the story of Chinonso, a young poultry farmer whose soul is ignited when he sees a woman attempting to jump from a highway bridge. Horrified by her recklessness, Chinonso joins her on the roadside and hurls two of his prized chickens into the water below to express the severity of such a fall."

When 9-year-old Ben’s strict father takes a job in another city in western Nigeria, he and his three brothers decide they will use this time to become fishermen in the forbidden Omi-Ala river. The first several weeks are idyllic, until a mentally unstable man prophesies the oldest son Ikenna will be brutally killed by a fisherman and Ikenna believes it will be one of his own brothers. This prophecy leads to tragedy as the previously close knit family becomes undone. With a rich background of the political landscape of Nigeria in the 1990s, Obioma’s powerful storytelling is an intimate portrayal of family and revenge.