In the novel, 'Civil Peace' by Chinua Achebe, THE THIEVES KNOCK THE DOOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
The story, 'Civil Peace' by Chinua Achebe, which was written in 1971 talks about the impact of the civil war on the Nigerian people and the kind of life that the people lived after the war. The story centered around Jonathan Iwegbu and his family. After the war, the Nigerian government asked the citizens to return the rebel money [Biafran currency] in their possession with the promise to give them financial rewards in pounds. Jonathan returned some rebel money to the government and he was given twenty pounds as reward. In the middle of the night that day, thieves came to his house, knocked on his door and demanded for one hundred pounds.