Each of them considers the many ways that myth and truth and a country’s dark edges come together to create something wholly original-and unsettling.īrand-new stories by: Maaza Mengiste, Adam Reta, Mahtem Shiferraw, Linda Yohannes, Sulaiman Addonia, Meron Hadero, Mikael Awake, Lelissa Girma, Rebecca Fisseha, Solomon Hailemariam, Girma T. But what you will read are stories by some of Ethiopia’s most talented writers living in the country and abroad. ĭespite the varied and distinct voices in these pages, no single book can contain all of the wonderful, intriguing, vexing complexities of Addis Ababa. The writers have each discovered their own ways to get us to lean in while forcing us to grit our teeth as we draw closer. The characters in these pages are complicated, worthy of our judgment as much as they somehow manage to elude it. They cross into forbidden territories and traverse the damaged terrain of the human heart. It can also be disorienting, and it is in this space that the stories of Addis Ababa Noir reside. It’s a growing city taking shape beneath the fraught weight of history, myth, and memory. What marks life in Addis Ababa are the starkly different realities coexisting in one place. Easy Motion Tourist pulsates with the rhythms of Lagos and entertains from beginning to end.Ī modern thriller featuring a strong female protagonist, prepared to take on the Nigerian criminal world on her own.Īuthor: Leye Adenle | Print ISBN: 978-1911115069 | E-Book ISBN: 978-1911115076| Format: Paperback | No of Pages: 332 | Pub Date: 1st April 2016 From £2,400.00 The novel features a motley cast of supporting characters, including a memorable duo of low-level Lagos gangsters: Knockout and Go-Slow. Little do they realise just how much organ trafficking is wrapped up in the power and politics of the city. As Collins discovers more of the darker aspects of what makes Lagos tick – including the clandestine trade in organs – he also slowly falls for Amaka. After experiencing the unpleasant realities of a Nigerian police cell, he is rescued by Amaka, a Pam Grier-esque Blaxploitation heroine with a saintly streak. Collins is a bystander and is picked up by the police, as a potential suspect. A woman’s mutilated body is discarded by the side of a club near one of the main hotels in Victoria Island. It features Guy Collins, a British hack who stumbles into the murky underworld of the city. Easy Motion Tourist is a compelling crime novel set in contemporary Lagos.
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