Vagabonds! by Osunde Eloghosa

Vagabonds!

Osunde Eloghosa

‘In Nigeria, vagabonds are those whose existence is literally outlawed: the poor, the queer, the drivers and dancers, the abused and displaced and vulnerable. Blending unvarnished realism with myth and fantasy, Vagabonds! traces characters for whom life itself is a form of resistance: a driver for a debauched politician; a fashion designer who gives birth to a grown daughter; a lesbian couple; a wife and mother trying to escape from her violent husband. As their lives intertwine–in bustling markets and underground clubs, churches and hotel rooms–they are seized and challenged by spirits who command the city’s dark energy. Whether running from danger, meeting with secret lovers, finding their identities, or vanquishing their demons, these characters confront and support one another, before converging one night for the once-in-a-lifetime gathering at the book’s conclusion’–


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Details

ISBN 9780593330029
Genre Black Interest; Fiction; Speculative Fiction; Short Story Collection (Single Author)
Publication Date 15-Mar-22
Publisher Riverhead Books
Format Hardcover
No. of Pages 320
LoC Classification PR9387.9.O8663 .V34 2022
Rating Good
Subject Marginality, Social – Fiction. – Nigeria; Nigeria – Social life and customs – Fiction
BookID 256498

Author: LFWBooks