Behind the Rising Sun is a 1971 war novel by Nigerian novelist and politician Sebastian Okechukwu Mezu.

It was first published in 1971 by Heinemann, and later reprinted in 1972 as part of the African Writers Series.

The novel explores the events of the Nigerian Civil War.

[3] Book critic, Wendy Griswold described the novel as "awkwardly constructed" and highlighting a sharp contrast between the novels's artificial ending and "realistic" depictions of suffering during the war.

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