# Violence

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- Book: [Violence](https://www.bookquiver.com/festus-iyayi/violence) ([Violence.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/festus-iyayi/violence.md))
- Authors: [Festus Iyayi](https://www.bookquiver.com/festus-iyayi)
- Publisher: Apollo
- ISBN: 978-10-3593-064-7
- Pages: 344
- Published: 2026-11-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Violence tells the story of Idemudia and Adisa, a couple fighting to survive in the grinding poverty of Benin City. As exploitative employers and a corrupt elite grow rich, the working poor pay with their dignity, their health and their relationships. Iyayi shows how inequality itself is a form of violence – slow, systemic and relentless. Yet amid desperation and hardship, the novel finds hope in solidarity and collective resistance. A work of fierce political clarity and deep humanity, this is a landmark of African fiction and world literature. Discover more from the APOLLO AFRICA series: the new home for 100 timeless works from the legendary Heinemann African Writers Series.