‘There’s a quiet confidence about the writing which is very attractive – it isn’t showy, it isn’t brash, but on the contrary both captivating and mature’

MARGARET FORSTER

‘A sensitive and touching story of a child exposed too early to religious intolerance and the uglier side of the Nigerian state’

J.M. COETZEE

‘A beautifully judged account of the private intimate stirrings of a young girl…Adichie is a fresh new voice out of Africa’

TELEGRAPH