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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 MailThe 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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