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Making Wolf
Overview
'Shocking and perceptive' Guardian
'It was easy to stay up well past lights out to read just one more chapter - and then one more...' James Oswald 'Engaging' Sunday Times LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER Meet Weston Kogi, a London supermarket store detective. He returns home to his West African home country for his aunt's funeral. He sees his family, his ex-girlfriend Nana, his old school mate Church. Food is good, beer is plentiful, and telling people he works as a homicide detective seems like harmless hyperbole, until he wakes up in hell. He is kidnapped and forced by two separate rebel factions to investigate the murder of a local hero, Papa Busi. The solution may tip a country on the brink into civil war. Making Wolf is the outrageous, frightening, violent and sometimes surreal homecoming experience of a lifetime. Praise for Tade Thompson: 'Breathtaking landscapes and intoxicating food and drink . . . endemic corruption, sultry sexuality and casual, slapdash violence . . . A rock-and-roll edge' The Financial Times 'Brutal, uncompromising and thought-provoking . . . superb' M. W. Craven 'A magnificent tour de force' Adrian Tchaikovsky 'Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!' Ann Leckie 'Mesmerising' M. R. CareyCustomers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9781472131201
- ISBN-10: 1472131207
- Publisher: Constable & Robinson
- Publish Date: March 2022
- Dimensions: 7.72 x 4.96 x 0.71 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.4 pounds
- Page Count: 272
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