- Fiction, romance, general, Nigeria, fiction, Social classes, Fiction
17-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. When Abike buys ice cream from a roadside hawker one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. But when revelations from the past threaten their relationship, both must decide where their loyalties lie.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Chibundu Onuzo
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 316
- Publisher
- Plataforma Editorial, Faber & Faber, Faber & Faber, Limited
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780571268917
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Chibundu Onuzo started writing novels and short stories at the age of ten and less than a decade later became the youngest woman ever signed by Faber. Her debut novel, ***The Spider King’s Daughter*** (2012), was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Etisalat Prize, shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and won a Betty Trask Award. [Source](https://rsliterature.org/fellows/chibundu-onuzo/)
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