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Little Rot
- Narrated by: Chukwudi Iwuji, Adepero Oduye
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
'A masterwork of the form . . . mesmerizing.' New York Times
'A once-in-a-generation voice.' Vulture
'Akwaeke Emezi parts the seas of the self.' Vanity Fair
'A dazzling literary talent.' Esquire
Akwaeke Emezi's exhilarating new novel follows five people over the course of a weekend which will brutally upend all of their lives.
As Kalu drops Aima at the airport, it marks the end of their four-year relationship. Shattered and broken open, he thinks that's the last he will see of his ex-girlfriend. But, reeling from the breakup, both Aima and Kalu find themselves drawn back to Lagos: to separate nights of decadence. When Kalu visits an exclusive sex party hosted by his best friend, Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos.
On the other side of town, Ola and Souraya, fresh off their first-class flight from Kuala Lumpur, are getting ready for their own nights of pleasure, unaware that everything is about to go awry. Pulled into a whirlwind descent through the city's corrupt and glittering underworld, they're all looking for a way out, fueled by a desperate need to escape the threat that looms over them.
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- Louiza
- 10-07-24
“Little Rot” is more than just a book; it is an experience
I enjoyed listening thoroughly, mind it’s not the type of stories I would usually enjoy, but it’s so beautifully written, with prose that is both poetic and evocative. Each sentence is crafted with so much care I might have to listen to it again for the sake of those beautiful sentences.
The story might be a bit unconventional, i felt a desire to ask all characters to go to therapy, but let me not spoil it for you
If you are willing to step into it with open mind you will thoroughly enjoy it.
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- Jade Forbes
- 18-07-24
Another banger
Yet again Emezi has written something beautiful and human in its darkness, where trans characters are fully fleshed and real human beings, part of everything not shoehorned in, and the story is richer for it. I love their writing and I loved this, although my heart is sore now and the world a little more rotten.
Thank you, Akwaeke x
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-08-24
Not what I was expecting and left wanting
The performance of this book was well done and it was gripping in that I wanted to see it to the end. However, I did not really enjoy the story. It was quite bleak and disheartening. The characters were fleshed out well and I felt like we got to know them in a good way, however I was left wanting more. I needed a more hopeful end? Perhaps part of the aim of the author was to show a realistic storyline for these characters, but I was left wanting. Interested to see what else the author has to offer
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