A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo - Booker Prize Longlisted Fiction - Paperback

Details. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781838856076. Publisher: Canongate Books. Age Range: Adult (18+). Overview. A Spell of Good Things is Ayobami Adebayo's dazzling second novel, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 and shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2024. Set in modern Nigeria, it follows two families divided by wealth and status whose lives collide through romantic obsession and political corruption. Told with warmth and unflinching honesty, it is a story about ambition, inequality and the cost of power - perfect for readers of literary fiction who want a book that lingers.. About the Book. Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Since his father lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor and, when he must, begging - dreaming of a bigger future than poverty seems to have written for him. Across the city, Wuraola is a golden girl: the accomplished daughter of a wealthy family, now an exhausted young doctor beloved by Kunle, the volatile son of an ascendant local politician. When that politician takes a sudden interest in Eniola, and violence shatters a family celebration, the fates of these two very different young people become unexpectedly entwined. Adebayo moves deftly between Eniola's world of hardship and Wuraola's world of privilege, building a portrait of a society riven by inequality yet bound by shared humanity. Praised by critics as heart-rending yet compellingly readable, the novel showcases the...