- New York Times reviewed, Fiction, magical realism, Fiction, fantasy, contemporary, Self-perception
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- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Helen Oyeyemi
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited, Center Point Large Print, Riverhead Books
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780735241268
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