A Spell of Good Things: A Novel

A Spell of Good Things: A NovelBOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE A NEW YORKER AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR GMA BUZZ PICK A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me, "in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" (The New York Times). Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job,

Johnson's emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults

Reena refuses to marry anyone who works for her father

these pages are filled with lessons from his deeply personal story to motivate you to go out and get after your dream

A dazzling history of Africans in Europe

he learns that his parents have been shot while working at their grocery store

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

radically reshape society

ISBN: 0316577340

Three of the stories feature illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre: The Ant or the Grasshopper

When a local politician takes an interest in Eniola and sudden violence shatters a family party

Anuri is desperate to put her way-too-public past behind her and start living on her own terms

The spaces revealed through the practice of time manipulation in Black cultures lend themselves to storytelling