Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

?_~Gasp in wonder?_T Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf ?_~Electrifying?_T Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch ?_~Gasp-inducing?_T AnOther ?_~Joyous, defiant?_T Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water ?_~Visionary?_T Guardian VAGABONDS! is a tumultuous and unexpectedly joyous novel of oppression and defiance among the people and spirits of Lagos. Lagos is a city for all . . . you share this place with flesh and not-flesh, and it?_Ts just as much their city as it is yours. A^kA3, the spirit of Lagos, and his loyal minion Tatafo weave trouble through the streets of Lagos and through the lives of the ?_~vagabonds?_T powering modern Nigeria: the queer, the displaced and the footloose. With Tatafo as our guide we meet these people in the shadows. Among them are a driver for a debauched politician; a lesbian couple whose tender relationship sheds unexpected light on their experience with underground sex work; a mother who attends a secret spiritual gathering that shifts her reality. As their lives begin to intertwine?_in markets and underground clubs, in churches and hotel rooms?_the vagabonds are seized and challenged by the spirits who command the city. A force is drawing them all together, but for what purpose? In her debut novel VAGABONDS!, Eloghosa Osunde tackles the insidious nature of Nigerian capitalism, corruption and oppression, and offers a defiant, joyous and inventive tribute to all those for whom life itself is a form of resistance. ?_~Every year promises the birth of the next literary superstar?_? VAGABONDS! is an exceptional debut?_T i-D ?_~Dazzling, haunting, angular and funny?_T TLS ?_~If you read one debut novel ?_? this should be it?_T Los Angeles Times ?_~Gasp-inducing ?_? captures the lives of outsiders with spirit and tenderness?_T AnOther ?_~There is nothing in the world like this book?_T Lesley Nneka Arimah, author of What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky
Binding: Hardback