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The Spider King's Daughter

byChibundu Onuzo

Genres: Fiction Modern Love Dilemmas

Who is this book for? Readers interested in contemporary romance and social issues in African settings.

Topics LoveSocial ClassIdentity

MoodHopeful, Bittersweet

Female protagonist

RomanceCentral to the Plot

Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes

Winner of a Betty Trask Award Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. She lives in a sprawling mansion in Lagos, protected by armed guards and ferried everywhere in a huge black jeep. But being her father's favourite comes with uncomfortable duties, and she is often lonely behind the high walls of her house. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a seventeen-year-old hawker struggling to make sense of the world. His family lost everything after his father's death and now he runs after cars on the roadside selling ice cream to support his mother and sister. When Abike buys ice cream from the hawker one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. But as they grow closer, revelations from the past threaten their relationship and both Abike and the hawker must decide where their loyalties lie.

Language

Published on

09/07/2013

Pages

304

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780571268917

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