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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.

''You''ll find it hard to tear yourself away'' Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us
''Each story is a tiny wonder'' Kirsty Logan, author of The Unfamiliar
''Marvellously unsettling'' Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love
''Excellently uncanny'' Daily Mail

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

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    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
    Publication Date: 01/06/2024
    ISBN13: 9780349018225, 978-0349018225
    ISBN10: 349018227

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    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.

    ''You''ll find it hard to tear yourself away'' Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of Us
    ''Each story is a tiny wonder'' Kirsty Logan, author of The Unfamiliar
    ''Marvellously unsettling'' Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love
    ''Excellently uncanny'' Daily Mail

    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

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