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A review by sam_bizar_wilcox
GraceLand by Chris Abani
5.0
Abani's Elvis is a character on par with the great literary heroes. And this novel of scheming and plotting in Maroko is so spectacularly enjoyable when I finished the book I was also planning an appropriate time to re-read it.
The subject-matter is, of course, challenging at times (making me want to hold of re-reading for at least a little while). But the spirit of novel is why I find it remarkable. It is a novel of gumption. Of cheek. A swaggering and smooth epic in a crumbling Lagos cityscape. Genius and a modern classic.
The subject-matter is, of course, challenging at times (making me want to hold of re-reading for at least a little while). But the spirit of novel is why I find it remarkable. It is a novel of gumption. Of cheek. A swaggering and smooth epic in a crumbling Lagos cityscape. Genius and a modern classic.