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    Oil on Water is a 2010 petrofiction novel by Nigerian author Helon Habila. The novel documents the experience of two journalists as they try to rescue a kidnapped European wife in the oil landscape of the Niger Delta. The novel explores themes of both the ecological and political consequences of oil conflict and petrodollars in the delta.

  2. Jun 27, 2014 · Rufus, a young journalist, joins with his former hero, Zaq, whose journalistic heyday has passed, to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil executive and negotiate her release

  3. Aug 1, 2010 · Oil on Water is a thriller set in the Niger Delta, where a British oil executive's wife is kidnapped and two journalists try to find her. The book explores the environmental and political conflicts in the region, as well as the challenges of journalism and morality.

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    • Paperback
    • Helon Habila
  4. May 16, 2011 · In a story rich with atmosphere and taut with suspense, Oil on Water explores the conflict between idealism and cynical disillusionment in a journey full of danger and unintended consequences. As Rufus and Zaq navigate polluted rivers flanked by exploded and dormant oil wells, in search of “the white woman,” they must contend with the ...

    • (121)
    • Helon Habila
    • $15.69
    • W. W. Norton & Company
  5. Aug 5, 2010 · Oil on Water. Helon Habila. Penguin Adult, Aug 5, 2010 - Fiction - 216 pages. From the desks of Nigeria s newsrooms, two journalists are recruited to find the kidnapped wife of a British oil...

  6. In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil executive has been kidnapped. Two journalists—a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great, now disillusioned veteran, Zaq—are sent to find her.

    • Helon Habila
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  8. In the oil-rich and environmentally devastated Nigerian Delta, the wife of a British oil executive has been kidnapped. Two journalists—a young upstart, Rufus, and a once-great,...