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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024

'A brilliantly surreal story of exile and homecoming' GUARDIAN'S BOOK OF THE DAY

'A slim, stark, and captivatingly enigmatic debut' NEW YORKER

A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years living in exile in America. When he arrives, he finds…

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