Chris Abani Chapter Summaries

Throughout history there is always one prevalent factor which we as individuals are oblivious to. What? You might ask. It is how our government, peers, and even our loved ones tend to circumscribe us to limited information due to numerous reasons. Throughout this book you will notice the specific forms of how deception, racism, secret government experiments and extraordinary characters impact the theme of hidden secrets in various situations. Author Chris Abani an exhilarating African American novelist born and raised in Nigeria. Chris personifies the issues of apartheid and American nuclear testing throughout the text and exposes governmental secrets uninhibited and untouched by the world. The book begins with at the nuclear testing grounds in Las Vegas, where a series of grand nuclear explosions engulfed the city and effect many families and communities during the 1950s-1960s time period of American history. One specific individuals that was affected was a woman named Selah a mother of conjoined twins who were affected by the radioactive effects of the nuclear bomb testing. Leading to the unfortunate early suicidal death of their mother due to leukemia, but out of this extraordinary development …show more content…
Sunial was intentionally requested for the case in Nevada to help criminalize the twins but he intends to help solve the case instead. Here he was also introduced to an infatuated prostitute named Asia who felt empathy for his pain and resentment but failed to deliberate him from his past. The twins Fire and water are only seeking conformity and a place to call home, ever since the death of their mother they have a deep resentment towards nuclear power industries thus explains there countless attempts to sabotage the local nuclear power cooperation’s in avenging their mothers