I had some difficulty enjoying this book. I had no problem with the cultural location - a family in Nigeria to which I'd had some remote exposure through studies, friends and colleagues - and liked the expression and some great turns of phrase. What I struggled with was something much more familiar to readers of generational literature from the UK south west. This was the Thomas Hardy fateful doom that is obvious and inevitable as these youngsters grow up and come of age. But don't let me put you off. There is even a happy ending. I just didn't like the "something bad is going to happen" and then surprise, surprise it does.
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