Le Pécheur: The Fisherman

By Scott Dodgson

Le P cheur
A Novel by Scott Dodgson
In a forgotten corner of post-colonial Africa, a boy casts his line into a dying lake, unaware he is baiting more than a fish. Raised between cultures, young Mr. Jones is heir to a brutal colonial legacy and a future soaked in blood.
When he finally catches the mythical samaki wakubwa, the great fish. It is not triumph he finds, but transformation. Moments later, his world is torn apart in a massacre that shatters his innocence and sends him drifting into the depths of war, memory, and exile. Years later, as an arms dealer navigating the gray zones of global conflict, Mr. Jones must reckon with the sins he inherited and the ones he committed.
Haunted by spirits both real and imagined, Le P cheur is a lyrical and harrowing tale of violence, identity, and the perilous cost of survival. At once a coming-of-age fable and an indictment of empire, this novel explores the moral wreckage left behind when boyhood ends and history refuses to let go.
For readers drawn to the psychological nuance of Graham Greene and the tragic landscapes of J.M. Coetzee, Le P cheur is a story of a man shaped by war, shadowed by myth, and caught between the worlds he cannot fully claim.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FCFDNDY4
• ISBN13: 9798287314668
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"