BOOKS
Vagabonds!
by Eloghosa Osunde
(Fourth Estate, ISBN 978 0008498016)
Eloghosa Osunde prefaces her debut novel with: ‘There are and and and people, I’m sure. But this is not a book about them.’ On the face of it, she does not disappoint. Set in Lagos – though the city’s ruthless spirit acts more as prime mover than location – greed, deception, violence, hypocrisy, corruption and killer-capitalism prevail. But also breaking through – in a wild, illegal way – are love, tenderness and unflinching honesty as the many characters that inhabit this sprawling and exuberant novel strive to live their lives and be themselves. Not
