A spell of good things /
Adebayo, Ayobami, 1988-
A spell of good things / Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀. - First edition. - 332 pages ; 24 cm.
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
"A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two people caught in the riptides of wealth, power, poverty, and corruption, by the celebrated author of Stay With Me"-- Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of an ascendant politician. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola's lives become intertwined. In her breathtaking second novel, Ayobami Adebayo shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.
9780525657644 0525657649 9781984898883 1984898884
2022011733
Social classes--Fiction.
Political corruption--Fiction.
Politicians--Fiction.
Nigeria--Fiction.
Novels.
Domestic fiction.
Political fiction.
A spell of good things / Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀. - First edition. - 332 pages ; 24 cm.
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
"A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two people caught in the riptides of wealth, power, poverty, and corruption, by the celebrated author of Stay With Me"-- Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers, begging when he must, dreaming of a big future. Wuraola is a golden girl, the perfect child of a wealthy family. Now an exhausted young doctor in her first year of practice, she is beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of an ascendant politician. When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola's lives become intertwined. In her breathtaking second novel, Ayobami Adebayo shines her light on Nigeria, on the gaping divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the shared humanity that lives in between.
9780525657644 0525657649 9781984898883 1984898884
2022011733
Social classes--Fiction.
Political corruption--Fiction.
Politicians--Fiction.
Nigeria--Fiction.
Novels.
Domestic fiction.
Political fiction.