NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY HARPER'S BAZAAR PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BOOKPAGE AND
MORE! “A masterwork…mesmerizing…We come away troubled unsettled — and in some subtle way
changed.” – The New York Times A thrilling new novel from the bestselling award-winning
visionary Akwaeke Emezi One weekend. The elite underbelly of a Nigerian city. A party
that goes awry. A tangled web of sex and lies and corruption that leaves no one unscathed.
Aima and Kalu are a longtime couple who have just split. When Kalu reeling from the breakup
visits an exclusive sex party hosted by his best friend Ahmed he makes a decision that will
plunge them all into chaos brutally and suddenly upending their lives. Ola and Souraya two
Nigerian sex workers visiting from Kuala Lumpur collide into the scene just as everything goes
to hell. Sucked into the city’s corrupt and glittering underworld they’re all looking for a
way out fueled by a desperate need to escape the dangerous threat that looms over them.
