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by Teju Cole
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Mommy, am I cult?
Mommy, am I cult? rated it 8 years ago
1. This is not exactly fiction.2. It's all about Nigeria.3. It has a few over 100 pages. You can read it in a day, but I wouldn't recommend. This baby needs to be flavored, not just churned.Religion, corruption, happiness. Why, if so religious, so little concern for the ethical life or human rights?...
Ryan DeJonghe - The Avid Reader
Ryan DeJonghe - The Avid Reader rated it 10 years ago
Author, Teju Cole, transcribes a trip to Nigeria after spending his life growing up in the States (New York, specifically). He takes not only his writing talent, but his observational and artistic talent as well, back to his birthplace and offers us a glimpse of what few people would notice. The not...
Beamis12
Beamis12 rated it 10 years ago
I believe this is the third book in the last two weeks that I have read that featured an unnamed narrator. So our unnamed narrator returns to his homecity Lagos, after a fifteen year absence and he finds so many things that are different. He meets a first cousin, a young lady who was born just befo...
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