Fiction. In SONG FOR NIGHT, My Luck, a West African boy soldier who has lost his voice, leads us on a terrifying yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. Masterful, haunting, and written in a ghostly yet lyrical voice, this is a remarkable and emphatic story of courage, grace, morality, and triumph. If you want to get at the molten heart of contemporary fiction, Abani is the starting point –Dave Eggers. Chris Abani is a Nigerian poet and novelist and the author of The Virgin of Flames, GraceLand, and BECOMING ABIGAIL.