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FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Akwaeke Emezi's new novel follows five people over the course of a weekend which will brutally upend all of their lives.
When Kalu drops Aima at the airport, it marks the end of their four-year relationship. Shattered and broken open, he thinks that's the last he will see of his girlfriend.But - reeling from the breakup - the pair are both drawn into Lagos: to separate nights of scandalous, decadent and sordid global parties. A way to escape, if only for a day. Just as two Nigerian sex workers visiting from Kuala Lumpur collide into the scene, everything goes awry when Kalu's actions plunge them all into a whirling descent through the corrupt, glittering underbelly of the city.
Author: Akwaeke Emezi
Paperback Published 24 September 2024 352 pages
'A masterwork of the form . . . mesmerizing.' New York Times
'A fun, sexy, dangerous, dark thriller about corruption.' Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
'A dazzling literary talent.' Esquire