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Chibundu onuzo welcome to lagos
Chibundu onuzo welcome to lagos





“An adventure to somewhere I’ve never been.” ―Jake Tapper, The Washington Post “Onuzo’s lively, well-plotted novel summons up the great city of Lagos with all its complexity.” ―Houston Chronicle It is a true testament to Onuzo’s natural storytelling skills that she orchestrates, with humor, panache and multilingualism, the meeting of all these characters.” ― Star Tribune “Lives as varied as they are storied find themselves together in Lagos. Conversations between Onuzo’s characters move fluidly between Igbo, Yoruba, pidgin and English, demonstrating her skilled ear.” ― The New York Times Book Review portrait of Nigeria’s sprawling metropolis. “ Welcome to Lagos, the American debut of Chibundu Onuzo.

chibundu onuzo welcome to lagos

But action is secondary to atmosphere: Onuzo excels at evoking a stratified city, where society weddings feature ‘ice sculptures as cold as the unmarried belles’ and thugs write tidy receipts for kickbacks extorted from homeless travelers.” ― The New Yorker

chibundu onuzo welcome to lagos

Selected to Best of Summer Reading Lists by Parade, Elle, NYLON, PopSugar, The Millions, PureWow,, Hearst Media, Bitch Media, and Read It Forward Named a Best Book of the Year by Īn American Booksellers Association Indie Next Pick Praise for Welcome to LagosAn Official Belletrist Book Pick







Chibundu onuzo welcome to lagos