A review by buttercupita
Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju Cole

4.0

This is a very spare but powerfully written novel (memoir?) of a Nigerian man's return to the place he was raised. Each chapter sheds light on a different aspect of life in Lagos, and the narrator does not pull punches on the problems of violence, corruption, poverty, and ignorance (sometimes willful) he sees around him. Nonetheless, there are things he loves, and his writing in places is absolutely luminous. Best of all, our narrator remains a somewhat mysterious figure, so that you continue to wonder about the book even after you've finished.