Chris Abani. (2018). Lagos Noir. Akashic Books.

Chris Abani. 2018. Lagos Noir. Akashic Books.

Chris Abani, Lagos Noir. Akashic Books, 2018.

Chris Abani. Lagos Noir. Akashic Books, 2018.

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     Chris Abani is a Nigerian poet and novelist and the author of The Virgin of Flames, Becoming Abigail (a New York Times Editor’s Choice), and GraceLand (a selection of the Today Show Book Club and winner of the 2005 PEN/Hemingway Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award). His other prizes include a PEN Freedom to Write Award, a Prince Claus Award, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship. He lives and teaches in California.
      
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“A stellar cast of award-winning Nigerian authors . . . a must-read for crime lovers looking for something different.”—Brittle Paper
 
In Akashic Books’s acclaimed series of original noir anthologies, each book comprises all new stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Now, West Africa enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of Nigeria’s best-known authors.
In Lagos Noir, the stories are set in “a city of more than 21 million and an amazing amalgam of wealth, poverty, corruption, humor, bravery, and tragedy. Abani and a dozen other contributors tell stories that are both unique to Lagos and universal in their humanity . . . This entry stands as one of the strongest recent additions to Akashic’s popular noir series” (Publishers Weekly, starred review, pick of the week).
The anthology includes stories by Chris Abani, Nnedi Okorafor, E.C. Osondu, Jude Dibia, Chika Unigwe, A. Igoni Barrett, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Adebola Rayo, Onyinye Ihezukwu, Uche Okonkwo, Wale Lawal, ’Pemi Aguda, and Leye Adenle.
“The beauty of this book, which contains 13 stories from Nigerian writers, is that it serves as a travelogue, too.”—Bloomberg, “The Darkest Summer Reading List for Those Bright, Beachy Days”
“With writers like Igoni Barrett, Leye Adenle, and E.C. Osondu contributing, Lagos Noir offers wildly different perspectives on both the city itself and the state of noir fiction. This book is almost like a world in itself, one that you’ll want to dive back into and get lost in again and again.”—CrimeReads, “One of the 10 Best Crime Anthologies of 2018”

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   • source: World Literature Today
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     "Covering one of the widest spectrums of genre-inspired stories, Chris Abani is as masterful as he is meticulous in his assembly of noir...Lagos Noir is a colorful and harrowing vision preserving the distinct voice of each contributor contained within its pages. The collection carries a moving and self-contained quality while simultaneously sparking hope that the Noir series will eventually forge its way into further explorations of Africa."

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   • source: Manhattan Book Review
   • content: There is...greed, innocence, ambition, and all the trappings that make crime stories so engaging. The Lagos angle is as educating and eye-opening as it is engaging, quickly encouraging the reader to side with any protagonist, no matter how shady, because they're still better than the corruption all around them. Well, most of the time."
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   • source: New York Journal of Books
   • content: This volume is a must, as it introduces new writers of considerable talent and new works by writers you may have read and enjoyed previously...If you just like good stories about ordinary people with an extraordinary twist, this collection should not be missed."
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   • content: The African megalopolis of Lagos, Nigeria, makes a perfect setting for mystery stories with a noir bent...With its breadth of contributors, this latest volume in the publisher's city noir series will satisfy both the fan of contemporary African fiction and the newcomer interested in discovering some new voices."
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   • content: This anthology stands out because of its unique approach to crime and punishment, and its intense focus on the sociological aspects of crime in one of the world's largest, fastest growing and most complex regions. Lagos Noir is a must-read for crime lovers looking for something different to read in a highly saturated market."
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     March 15, 2018
     Noir comes to Africa.Abani's introduction promises that these 13 mostly new stories--Nnedi Okorafor's "Showlogo" already appeared in an earlier version, as did the introduction--will reveal "much more truth at the heart of this tremendous city than any guidebook, TV show, film, or book you are likely to find." That claim is doubly disingenuous, since (1) the whole premise of Akashic's far-flung series, that noir is different from place to place, encourages genre tourism in exotic locales, and (2) this is, in fact, a book. So what does it reveal about Lagos? For better or worse, pretty much what you already suspected. A. Igoni Barrett's "Just Ignore and Try to Endure" and editor Abani's "Killer Ape" emphasize the perilously narrow frontier between humans and animals. Jude Dibia's "What They Did That Night" and Adebola Rayo's "What Are You Going to Do?" sketch bureaucratic corruption so deep that it's an unblinking fact of life. The family units in Sarah Ladipo Manyika's "The Swimming Pool," Onyinye Ihezukwu's "For Baby, for Three," Uche Okonkwo's "Eden," and Wale Lawal's "Joy" intensify rather than providing respite from the pervasive darkness. Chika Unigwe's "Heaven's Gate" and Leye Adenle's "Uncle Sam" suggest that foreign visitors to Nigeria are advised to watch themselves and their surroundings very carefully indeed. E.C. Osondu's "The Walking Stick" provides a reminder that some mysteries just aren't meant to be solved. And Pemi Aguda's "Choir Boy," perhaps the most evocative of all these stories, presents a deeply shamed robbery victim's portrait of an even more devastated victim. In nearly every case, noir's ritualistic revelation of evil fits surprisingly well in a city of tragically diminished expectations.Nor should you think for a minute that Lagos has a corner on African noir. Akashic has Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Accra, and Marrakech waiting in the wings.

     COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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     Starred review from April 16, 2018
     In the introduction to this excellent anthology, Abani welcomes readers to Lagos, Nigeria, a city of more than 21 million and an amazing amalgam of wealth, poverty, corruption, humor, bravery, and tragedy. Abani and a dozen other contributors tell stories that are both unique to Lagos and universal in their humanity. An ambitious and observant policeman investigates the murder of a white woman, one of a series of crimes, in Jude Dibia’s “What They Did That Night.” A taxi driver’s newfound riches disappear quickly in Chika Unigwe’s “Heaven’s Gate.” A Bunyanesque hero stars in Nnedi Okorafor’s amusing “Showlogo.” A father bullies his rebellious daughter in Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s “The Swimming Pool.” A childless husband and wife pin their hopes on a powerful pastor in Onyinye Ihezukwu’s “For Baby, for Three.” Abani closes the volume with the witty “Killer Ape,” about Det. Sgt. James Okoro, who idolizes Sherlock Holmes and welcomes the chance to solve a crime supposedly committed by a chimpanzee. This entry stands as one of the strongest recent additions to Akashic’s popular noir series.

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In Lagos Noir, the stories are set in “a city of more than 21 million and an amazing amalgam of wealth, poverty, corruption, humor, bravery, and tragedy. Abani and a dozen other contributors tell stories that are both unique to Lagos and universal in their humanity . . . This entry stands as one of the strongest recent additions to Akashic’s popular noir series” (Publishers Weekly, starred review, pick of the week).
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Introduction

PART I: COPS & ROBBERS
What They Did That Night by Jude Dibia (Lagos Island)
Heaven's Gate by Chika Unigwe (Ojo)
Showlogo by Nnedi Okorafor (Ajegunle)
Just Ignore and Try to Endure by A. Igoni Barrett (Egbeda)

PART II: IN A FAMILY WAY
The Swimming Pool by Sarah Ladipo Manyika (Victoria Island)
What Are You Going To Do? by Adebola Rayo (Onikan)
For Baby, For Three by Onyinye Ihezukwu (Yaba)
Eden by Uche Okonkwo (Obalende)
Joy by Wale Lawal (Surulere)

PART III: ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES
Choir Boy by 'Pemi Aguda (Berger)
The Walking Stick by E.C. Osondu (Agege)
Uncle Sam by Leye Adenle (Murtala Muhammed International Airport)
Killer Ape by Chris Abani (Ikoyi)

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