Ayobami Adebayo

A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo is longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. This dazzling story captures modern Nigeria and the turbulent experiences of two families engulfed by the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption. Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. With his father having lost his job,...

Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, Stay With Me is a story of the fragility...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023 Ayobami Adebayo, the Women's Prize shortlisted author of Stay With Me, unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption. Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. His father has lost his job, so Eniola...