Vagabonds!

�_~Gasp in wonder�_T Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf �_~Electrifying�_T Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch �_~Gasp-inducing�_T AnOther �_~Joyous, defiant�_T Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water �_~Visionary�_T 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�_Ts just as much their city as it is yours. A^kA3, the spirit of Lagos, and his loyal minion Tatafo weave trouble through the streets of Lagos and through the lives of the �_~vagabonds�_T 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�__x0007_in markets and underground clubs, in churches and hotel rooms�__x0007_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�_T i-D �_~Dazzling, haunting, angular and funny�_T TLS �_~If you read one debut novel �_� this should be it�_T Los Angeles Times �_~Gasp-inducing �_� captures the lives of outsiders with spirit and tenderness�_T AnOther �_~There is nothing in the world like this book�_T Lesley Nneka Arimah, author of What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky