PASSION FOR FORTUNE The rare African novel set in the (largely Christian) east of the country, Passion for Fortune is Uzor Lonjys’ debut as a novelist… though he’s already had a storied career as blogger, tweeter, short story writer, and all-around infuriator. He is easily one of the most important writers to come out of Africa in the 21st century and the world has the gift of the Internet to hold responsible for his restless presence in readers’ daily lives. It is a sign of the changing times that he is his own publisher, on social media and on his blog www.gnconcepts.blogspot.com, spewing forth thought provoking material laden with sardonic humor without the permission of avuncular gatekeepers. The writer Uzor Lonjys is something of a celebrity renegade in the African literary scene. He rules the waves on social media, this eccentric and eclectic Twitter Overlord who sits perched on an imaginary throne, dispensing carefully crafted snarky but profound tweets that throb and seethe with controlled rage and truth, tweets that often develop lives of their own in the re-tweeting and re-telling, as they utilize the magic of the multiplier effect to replicate and go viral in infinite directions. Uzor could probably make a nice living by allowing ads on his blog site; he has the kinds of followers that make him an opinion – and possibly brand leader. The novel is currently available at amazon.com, amazon kindle