“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.
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
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
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