The supernatural looms over the grime and sweat of everyday life in Lagos in this dazzling
collection of stories from a prize-winning young Nigerian writer. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024
NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING 'Thrilling and
disturbing' Financial Times 'Excellently uncanny' Daily Mail 'You'll find it hard to tear
yourself away' Ore Agbaje-Williams author of The Three of Us The Lagos of these twelve
sinister and beguiling stories is multi-faceted peopled by Pentecostal Christians and
exasperated atheists by tight-knit extended families and struggling single fathers. Here are
characters cursed by guilt bound by the ties of ancestors and community or enchanted by the
allure of mysticism and would-be prophets. There are gossips and party girls - and a schoolboy
followed home by a group of tribal masquerades cloaked in feathers and twinkling beads. Yes
his mother has warned him not to bring strangers home but he is sure she will understand ...
Exploring the dark borders between psychology and superstition these feverishly imaginative
stories of trauma betrayal terror and love lay bare the forces of myth tradition gender
sexuality and modernity in Nigerian society. Powered by a deep empathy and glinting with
humour and insight they announce a major new literary talent. INCLUDING THE STORY
'BREASTMILK' SHORTLISTED FOR THE CAINE PRIZE FOR AFRICAN WRITING 2024
