Vagabonds!

<strong>'You don't read this novel. You swan dive into it, then gasp in wonder' Marlon James, author of <em>A Brief History of Seven Killings</em></strong>

<strong>'Electrifying. A fierce, compulsively engaging and striking debut' Irenosen Okojie, author of <em>Nudibranch</em></strong>

<strong><em>VAGABONDS!</em> is a tumultuous and unexpectedly joyous novel of oppression and defiance among the people and spirits of Lagos.</strong>

<em>Lagos is a city for all . . . you share this place with flesh and not-flesh, and it's just as much their city as it is yours.</em>

Eko, the spirit of Lagos, and his loyal minion Tatafo weave trouble through the streets of Lagos and through the lives of the 'vagabonds' powering modern Nigeria: the queer, the displaced and the footloose.

With Tatafo as our guide we meet these people in the shadows. Among them are a driver for a debauched politician; a lesbian couple whose tender relationship sheds unexpected light on their experience with underground sex work; a mother who attends a secret spiritual gathering that shifts her reality. As their lives begin to intertwine-in markets and underground clubs, in churches and hotel rooms-the vagabonds are seized and challenged by the spirits who command the city. A force is drawing them all together, but for what purpose?

In her debut novel<em> VAGABONDS!</em> Eloghosa Osunde tackles the insidious nature of Nigerian capitalism, corruption and oppression, and offers a defiant, joyous and inventive tribute to all those for whom life itself is a form of resistance.

<strong>'Every year promises the birth of the next literary superstar... and 2022 is no different. Coming with early acclaim from Marlon James, Eloghosa Osunde's <em>VAGABONDS!</em> is an exceptional debut, taking on queerness, capitalism and the societal vagabonds of Lagos' streets' <em>i-D</em></strong>