West Africa
Nigeria
Contemporary
English
Fiction
Elvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator in a Lagos slum, dreams of escape while his father spirals into despair, a stunning portrait of Nigeria in the 1980s alternating between grim present and a childhood of magic and loss.
Literary Significance
Winner of the Hemingway/PEN Award; one of the defining novels of contemporary Nigerian literature
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editorial-summarynot primary textElvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator in a Lagos slum, dreams of escape while his father spirals into despair, a stunning portrait of Nigeria in the 1980s alternating between grim present and a childhood of magic and loss. Winner of the Hemingway/PEN Award; one of the defining novels of contemporary Nigerian literature
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