Whenamp10sevenyearold Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and theamp10death of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miners Drift he isamp10convinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid20s Jedza is a downandoutamp10electrician moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness andamp10superstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphereamp10of the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees heamp10is tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters withamp10ancestral spirits the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. Toamp10move forward he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past.amp10amp10An eclectic experimentalamp10novel Avenues By Trainamp160is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice