'Although he writes about queer lives and loves in Nigeria Arinze Ifeakandu's voice is
sensually alert to the human and universal in every situation. These quietly transgressive
stories are the work of a brilliant new talent'DAMON GALGUT Booker Prize-winning author of The
Promise 'Contemporary love stories with moments of real surprise and revelation'BRANDON TAYLOR
author of Real Life'Gorgeous... A hugely impressive collection full of subtlety wisdom and
heart'SARAH WATERS author of Fingersmith 'Captures the tenderness and tumult of queer love
familial love self-love and the many ways love elates and eludes us.... Masterful. What a
glorious collection!'DEESHA PHILYAW author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies'Magic in
motion... A staggering heartshattering show'ELOGHOSA OSUNDE author of Vagabonds! 'Raw tender
grace... A serious literary talent has emerged'COLM TÓIBÍN author of The Magician 'Quite
simply a tour de force'SARAH HALL author of BurntcoatIn this stunning debut from one of
Nigeria's most promising young writers the stakes of love meet a society in flux A man
revisits the university campus where he lost his first love aware now of what he couldn't
understand then. A daughter returns home to Lagos after the death of her father where she must
face her past - and future -relationship with his longtime partner. A young musician rises to
fame at the risk of losing himself and the man who loves him.Generations collide families
break and are remade languages and cultures intertwine and lovers find their ways to futures
from childhood through adulthood on university campuses city centres and neighbourhoods
where church bells mingle with the morning call to prayer.These nine stories of queer male
intimacy brim with simmering secrecy ecstasy loneliness and love in their depictions of what
it means to be gay in contemporary Nigeria.
