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Title details for Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi - Available

Little Rot

A Novel

by Akwaeke Emezi
Adepero Oduye
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“A masterwork…mesmerizing…We come away troubled, unsettled — and in some subtle way changed.”–The New York Times
"The perfect steamy read for those hot summer nights." –People

A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning, visionary Akwaeke Emezi
 
One weekend.
The elite underbelly of a Nigerian city.
A party that goes awry.
A tangled web of sex and lies and corruption that leaves no one unscathed.

Aima and Kalu are a longtime couple who have just split. When Kalu, reeling from the breakup, visits an exclusive sex party hosted by his best friend, Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos, brutally and suddenly upending their lives. Ola and Souraya, two Nigerian sex workers visiting from Kuala Lumpur, collide into the scene just as everything goes to hell. Sucked into the city’s corrupt and glittering underworld, they’re all looking for a way out, fueled by a desperate need to escape the dangerous threat that looms over them.

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  • Release date

    June 18, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780593867624
      • File size: 263955 KB
      • Duration: 09:09:53

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 8, 2024
      Emezi (The Death of Vivek Oji) unspools a web of erotic danger in their entertaining latest. Kalu, a young man in New Lagos, Nigeria, is dumped by Aima, his girlfriend of four years. That night, Kalu attends a high-priced sex party run by his friend Ahmed. There, Kalu witnesses an older man having sex with a handcuffed younger woman who appears to be a teen. Believing he is witnessing a rape, Kalu forcefully pulls the older man away, to the chagrin of Ahmed, who claims it was all consensual role play and that the man, a megachurch pastor known as Daddy O, is a good customer. As the narrative shifts focus from one member of Aima and Kalu’s wealthy world to the next, subplots, side characters, and sex scenes abound. Meanwhile, Kalu finds himself in increasing peril, as an incensed Daddy O calls for his murder. Emezi keeps the proliferating plotlines together by the power of coincidence—a crucial set of keys appears at just the right time, as does a hidden wad of cash—which gives the story both the convolution and the pleasure of a soap opera. Readers in search of a decadent good time will find it here. Agent: Jacqueline Ko, Wylie Agency.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Adepero Oduye and Chukwudi Iwuji perform this whirlwind story told by a group of characters who are all connected by the events of a single night. In an unnamed city in Nigeria, Kalu attends a sex party to help him forget that his girlfriend, Aima, has just left him. But everything goes wrong, and Kalu finds himself sucked into the city's seedy underbelly with no way out. Oduye performs the perspectives of Aima and a few other women, giving each perspective a unique narrative voice. Iwuji narrates the perspective of Kalu and his best friend, Ahmed, drawing listeners in with the emotional depth of his performance. K.D.W. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      November 15, 2024

      Emezi (You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty) sets their much-anticipated latest in seedy, seductive New Lagos, a place teeming with perfidy, intimidation, and betrayal disguised as love. Over the course of a single weekend, six individuals contend with the repercussions of an evening that changes everything. Freshly broken up with Aima, Kalu attends a sex party hosted by his friend Ahmed. Thinking that he is rescuing a young woman from sexual assault, Kalu puts himself in the crosshairs of a dangerous and powerful Nigerian pastor. Two sex workers, Souraya and Ola, are brought into the messy fray. Meanwhile, Aima drinks her sorrows away with her friend Ijendu. Chukwudi Iwuji and Adepero Oduye narrate, offering compelling performances with timing that heightens the suspense and brings an intensity to Emezi's dialogue. Iwuji, a classically trained British Nigerian actor, lays bare the characters' emotional depths, providing piercing portraits of their flawed, human selves. Oduye taps into the pain and despair of the women, who are caught in dizzying yet devastating circumstances. VERDICT A propulsive journey into a Nigerian underworld that is both intoxicating and gritty, recommended for fans of Rijula Das's Small Deaths.--Mitzi Mack

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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