The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2017 Have Two Novels They Must Read

For the examination starting May 6,
2017, here are the two compulsory
novels:

1. "In Dependence" by Sarah Ladipo Manyika-

for UTME Candidates
Sarah Ladipo Manyika is also the author of the
book: 'Like a Mule bringing Ice cream to the
sun'

A brief summary of 'In Dependence'
according to Google reads: It is the
early-sixties when a young Tayo Ajayi
sails to England from Nigeria to take up
a scholarship at Oxford University.
In this city of dreaming spires, he finds
himself among a generation high on
visions of a new and better world.
The whole world seems ablaze with
change: independence at home, the
Civil Rights movement and the first
tremors of cultural and sexual
revolutions.

It is then that Tayo meets Vanessa
Richardson, the beautiful daughter of an
ex-colonial officer. "In Dependence" is
Tayo and Vanessa's story of a brave but
bittersweet love affair.
It is the story of two people struggling to
find themselves and each other a story
of passion and idealism, courage and
betrayal, and the universal desire to
fall, madly, deeply, in love.

2. "The Last Days at Forcados High School" byA.H. Mohammed for Direct Entry Candidates-

'Last days of Forcados High School' has been
used for several years in UTME

'The last days of Forcados high school' is
a funny and brutally honest story about
tolerance, self-discovery, family,
friendship and life on the brink of
adulthood.

According to the instructions from the
Joint Admission Matriculation Board
(JAMB), candidates will be tested on
these two books in Use of English, which
is compulsory for every candidate,
regardless of the course you intend to
study in school.