‘A remarkable collection combining Adichie’s poise, assurance and coolly understated style The perfect riposte to anyone who believes short stories can’t be every bit as involving as novels’

Daily Mail

The writing throughout the book has a verve that propels you forward through the pages. And a pervasive, lightly mocking intelligence gives the whole thing a lively, satirical edge Guardian

A powerful writer, moving with disquieting ease from humour to horror, and anger to tenderness This is storytelling at its very best, its roots in an ancient tradition, giving all that precedes it a poignant and sobering context