Making Wolf by Tade Thompson - ISBN: 9781472131201
Paperback
Kidnapped store detective investigates a murder in his dangerous homeland.

Making Wolf

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    14 July 2020

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Summary

‘It was easy to stay up well past lights out to read just one more chapter - and then one more…’ James Oswald

‘Brutal, uncompromising and thought-provoking … superb’ M. W. Craven

Meet Weston Kogi, a London supermarket store detective. He returns home to his West African home country for his aunt’s funeral. He sees his family, his ex-girlfriend Nana, his old school mate Church. Food is good, beer is plentiful, and telling people he works as a homicide detective seems like harml…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781472131201
ISBN-10:1472131207
Author:Tade Thompson
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:14 July 2020
Weight:180g
Dimensions:198mm x 126mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

With a likable if flawed protagonist, a fast pace and plenty of twists, Making Wolf is both shocking and perceptive – Guardian

Satisfyingly complicated without ever feeling contrived… such skilled writing it was easy to stay up well past lights out to read just one more chapter - and then one more…

Brutal, uncompromising and thought-provoking, this is a superb book

With a likable if flawed protagonist, a fast pace and plenty of twists, Making Wolf is both shocking and perceptive - Guardian

Engaging … Thompson is a witty, versatile writer. A British-born psychiatrist, he uses his knowledge of his parents’ Yoruba culture to brilliant effect in this unusual addition to the private-eye genre - The Sunday Times

Satisfyingly complicated without ever feeling contrived… such skilled writing it was easy to stay up well past lights out to read just one more chapter - and then one more…

The fictional country of Alcacia is vividly, lovingly drawn with no blemishes spared: its “blinding retina-shattering sunlight”, breathtaking landscapes and intoxicating food and drink. So too is the intensity of human relations: endemic corruption, sultry sexuality and casual, slapdash violence. Thompson … brings a rock-and-roll edge to the story - The Financial Times

About The Author

Tade Thompson

Tade Thompson is the author of Rosewater, which was the winner of the 2019 Arthur C. Clarke Award, inaugural winner of the Nommo Award and a John W. Campbell finalist. He has written a trilogy set in the world of Rosewater and is working on a space opera. His Shirley Jackson Award-shortlisted novella The Murders of Molly Southbourne has recently been optioned for screen adaptation. Born in London to Yoruba parents, he lives and works on the south coast of England where he battles an addiction to books.

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