Little Rot

"In this twisty, poetic roller-coaster ride of a novel, a bitter breakup precipitates a harrowing descent into darkness for a wealthy young Nigerian man, his pious, long-suffering ex-girlfriend and their friends. Aima and Kalu met as ex-pats in Houston and returned home for his business and to build a life together. They’d been happy abroad, but the move shook loose something important. Back home they revert to destructive patterns. It’s complex, but at the core, love lies and dies in this fictional, decadent yet riveting, money-loving city of “New Lagos.” If you want a book that grabs onto your brain and shakes it, I highly recommend Akwaeke Emezi’s genre-defying Little Rot. It gutted and enthralled me in equal measure."