ABSTRACT
Ubesie has an excellent mastery of the Igbo language usage, which makes his writing easy and fascinating to read. His sense of humor totally captivates the reader. His use of sophisticated irony leaves the reader musing about the motives of human behavior in complex situations. His authentic characterization plants the image of the protagonist so indelibly in the consciousness of the reader’s mind that the reader continues to see the face long after finishing the story: His patterns for resolving human conflicts are neither forced nor melodramatic. The total effect of these in each of his novels is one of suspense, wonderment, curiosity, and aesthetic delight, all of which make the reader want to reach out for Ubesie’s next novel. Some writers make us laugh once in a while by their amusing anecdotes, but Ubesie has a seemingly endless abundance of anecdotes that keep the reader laughing till the end of the novel. Ubesie’s brand of humor is so effusive that it fills the reader with nothing but a feeling of recurring delight.
