{"product_id":"nearly-all-the-men-in-lagos-are-mad-stories","title":"Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe anti-rom-com debut collection that took Nigeria by storm, featuring twelve\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebewitching and revelatory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eridiculously entertaining\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003estarred review) stories about the perils and pitfalls of dating men in Lagos, from a rising star of Nollywood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Sharply observational, funny and profound, this book is dynamic sociological satire that is as universal as it is specific.” —Bolu Babalola, author of Reese's Book Club pick and national bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHoney and Spice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne night, you will calmly put a knife to your husband's private part and promise to cut it off. It will scare him so much that the next day, he will call his family members for a meeting in the house. He will not call your family members, but you will not care. You won’t need them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In this remarkable short story collection, Damilare Kuku takes us deep into the heart of modern Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, and the lives of a collection of audacious women who cope with romantic difficulties by brilliantly turning the tables on the men who wrong them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne hardworking married woman calmly threatens sharp-edged revenge on her lazy, hypocritical husband. Another skillfully protects her own business interests by shielding her pastor-husband from allegations of cheating that may or may not be true. A group of wealthy wives deceived by their husbands join forces in a WhatsApp support group called the Virtuous Wives Guild. And a discerning dater fed up with Nigerian men makes a vow to date only \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eoyibos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e before discovering that white men can act just as badly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA bestseller in Damilare Kuku’s native Nigeria, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a raunchy, satisfying, and outrageous read steeped in the chaos and allure of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city. It’s also a love letter to Nigerian women: the women in these stories may be confronted at every turn with liars, scammers, and cheaters in their quests for love, but they always figure out how to come out victorious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peace and Release HK Bookstore 中東伊斯蘭文化雜貨店","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47213622362214,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6125\/4246\/files\/71ml3I5MnGL._SL1500.avif?v=1789884013","url":"https:\/\/peaceandreleasehkbookstore.myshopify.com\/products\/nearly-all-the-men-in-lagos-are-mad-stories","provider":"Peace and Release HK Bookstore 中東伊斯蘭文化雜貨店","version":"1.0","type":"link"}