Focused PR & social media campaign to accompany launchAuthor articles and interviews, and excerpts in selected publications. Announcement e-mails to be sent to independent bookstores and book clubs, crime bloggers and websites.
Colorful characters involved in affecting dramas underlie this memorable collection that explores corruption, religious intolerance, gratuitous violence and the importance of joy.
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Focused PR & social media campaign to accompany launchAuthor articles and interviews, and excerpts in selected publications. Announcement e-mails to be sent to independent bookstores and book clubs, crime bloggers and websites.
Colorful characters involved in affecting dramas underlie this memorable collection that explores corruption, religious intolerance, gratuitous violence and the importance of joy.
Description
Acclaimed short story collection published in the US for the first timeLaunch title in new Cassava Shorts imprintThese 14 short stories provide an intriguing insight into the lottery of life and love in Lagos
Critic Reviews
“"This is a cohesive, stylish collection, with atmospheric scenes and noir elements. Toni Kan's stories look behind shuttered window to express the unspeakable in the everyday." - Molara Wood, writer and cultural critic”
; “Beginning with deliberate brevity and ending on a note of lush lyricism, these fascinating vignettes of Lagos life showcase an array of peripatetic characters who are hopelessly stuck in their dilemmas.” - Sefi Atta, author of Everything Good Will Come;
About the Author
Toni Kan is the author of four critically acclaimed works of fiction and poetry, including The Carnivorous City (Cassava Republic, 2016). Kan was the winner of the NDDC/Ken Saro Wiwa Literature Prize (2009), awarded by the Association of Nigerian Authors. Kan, a managing partner at Radi8, an ideas company, is also publisher of sabinews.com and a fellow of the Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Civitella Ranieri and Yaddo. He lives in Lagos.
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