- Social life and customs, Adaptations, Race identity, Political satire, Nigerian (English)
"Furo Wariboko wakes on the morning of a job interview to discover he's turned into a white man: red hair, green eyes, pale skin. In this condition he plunges into the bustle of Lagos to make his fortune.
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Contemporary, comic, ironic and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- A. Igoni Barrett
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 251
- Publisher
- 66thand2nd, Graywolf Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISBN
- 9788898970636
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**A. Igoni Barrett** is the author of the short story collection [*From Caves of Rotten Teeth*][1]. His short fiction has appeared in several online and print magazines, including *AGNI*, *Guernica* and *New Madrid*. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition. [1]: http://www.amazon.com/Caves-Rotten-Teeth-ebook/dp/B003XF1GMU
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