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Jagua Nana

Cyprian Ekwensi author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:3rd May '18

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A terrifically entertaining, funny and moving novel about an ageing beauty in 1960s Lagos.

Bold, moving, entertaining and controversial, this is the great novel of 1960s Lagos life - with one of the most unforgettable heroines in literature.

Jagua Nana, no longer young but still irresistible, lives a life of hedonism in Lagos: men, parties, fights, wild nights in the Tropicana with her handsome young boyfriend Freddie. Rushing from one experience to the next in search of something she can't quite grasp, Jagua finds herself embroiled in shady politics, caught up in village feuds and a source of drama wherever she goes. In this vivid depiction of 1960s Nigeria, everyone is hustling and everyone is on the make - and a woman like Jagua must find her own unconventional path to fulfilment.

A joy to read; his glorious imagination captured ours ... Jagua Nana is my favourite of his novels -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie * Guardian *

ISBN: 9780241334997

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 11mm

Weight: 145g

192 pages