Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA delicious, important novel' The Times 'Alert, alive and gripping' Independent 'Some novels tell a great story and others make you change the way you look at the world. Americanah does both' Guardian As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses

building up the courage to try something new

'A momentous event in the history of modern writing' Samuel Beckett

Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive

It gets bigger and bigger every day and it makes Ruby sad

Also containing the now classic story 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz'

Roaring Softly

infatuation or flirtation - has provoked some of the greatest names in literature to write verse of outstanding beauty

friendship and quiet courage

Imagine if Occupy and Extinction Rebellion actually won

'Full of empathy

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the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory