Review of Beasts of No Nation (2015) by Nick D — 06 Mar 2016

Idris is a fierce, merciless African warlord who snatches the very young and turns them into killers in a civil war, seducing them, literally and figuratively, into a life of violent manhood well before they are ready.

But the real star is Abraham Attah, the protagonist who manages to hold onto the life he has had snatched away from him, moving away from the horror and into the light of humanity.