Vagabonds! - Eloghosa Osunde

`Gasp in wonder' Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf `Electrifying' Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch `Gasp-inducing' AnOther `Joyous, defiant' Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water `Visionary' Guardian VAGABONDS! is a tumultuous and unexpectedly joyous novel of oppression and defiance among the people and spirits of Lagos. Lagos is a city for all . you share this place with flesh and not-flesh, and it's just as much their city as it is yours. Ek�, the spirit of Lagos, and his loyal minion Tatafo weave trouble through the streets of Lagos and through the lives of the `vagabonds' powering modern Nigeria: the queer, the displaced and the footloose. With Tatafo as our guide we meet these people in the shadows. Among them are a driver for a debauched politician; a lesbian couple whose tender relationship sheds unexpected light on their experience with underground sex work; a mother who attends a secret spiritual gathering that shifts her reality. As their lives begin to intertwine-in markets and underground clubs, in churches and hotel rooms-the vagabonds are seized and challenged by the spirits who command the city. A force is drawing them all together, but for what purpose? In her debut novel VAGABONDS!, Eloghosa Osunde tackles the insidious nature of Nigerian capitalism, corruption and oppression, and offers a defiant, joyous and inventive tribute to all those for whom life itself is a form of resistance. `Every year promises the birth of the next literary superstar. VAGABONDS! is an exceptional debut' i-D `Dazzling, haunting, angular and funny' TLS `If you read one debut novel . this should be it' Los Angeles Times `Gasp-inducing . captures the lives of outsiders with spirit and tenderness' AnOther `There is nothing in the world like this book' Lesley Nneka Arimah, author of What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky