The Only Son is the debut novel of Nigerian author John Munonye.
The novel was first published in 1966 as part of the Heinemann African Writers Series.
[1] The novel follows an Igbo widow as she raises her son, Nnanna, who is educated at a Western school.
[1] The tension between the mother and her son occupies much of the novel.
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