This edition first published in 2022 by Cassava Republic Press
Abuja – London
© 2019 by Editions Jean-Claude Lattès
Copyright © Abdourahman A. Waberi 2022
English translation copyright © David and Nicole Ball 2022
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transported in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher of this book.
The moral right of Abdourahman A. Waberi to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of Nigeria and the British Library.
ISBN: 978–1–913175–32–0
eISBN: 978–1–913175–33–7
Cover design: Jamie Keenan
Book design: Deepak Sharma (Prepress Plus)
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays
Distributed in Nigeria by Yellow Danfo
Worldwide distribution by Ingram Publisher Services International
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