A Spell of Good Things

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LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024 \nLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 \n\nA dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption. \n\nEniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor and begging, dreaming of a big future. \n\nWuraola 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 family friends. \n\nWhen a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party, Wuraola and Eniola's lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this breathtaking novel, Ayobami Adebayo shines her light on Nigeria, the gaping divides in its society, and the shared humanity that lives in between.

Ay?b?mi Ad?b?y? was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Her debut novel, Stay With Me, won the 9mobile Prize for Literature, was shortlisted for the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction, the Wellcome Book Prize and the Kwani? Manuscript Prize. It has been translated into twenty languages and the French translation was awarded the Prix Les Afriques. Longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award, Stay With Me was a New York Times, Guardian, Chicago Tribune and NPR Best Book of the Year. Ay?b?mi Ad?b?y? splits her time between Norwich and Lagos.

Ayobami Adebayo

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