JON BALDWIN recommends a provocative assertion of how working-class culture can rethink knowledge
A fine evocation of today’s Nigeria
MARJORIE MAYO recommends the story of two families caught up in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption

A Spell of Good Things
Ayobami Adebayo
Canongate, £9.99
AYOBAMI ADEBAYO’S second novel has been widely praised for being eminently readable as well as extremely relevant, combining the personal with the political in 21st century Nigeria.
Set against the background of the restoration of democracy following years of military dictatorships, it shows a context fraught with the problems of rising inequalities, decaying public services and political corruption, along with gender inequalities and domestic violence.
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