Overview
Region
West Africa
Nigeria
Era
Contemporary
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
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