Brain Surgery on the Highway and Other Manic Expressions

By Rotimi Ogunjobi

Brain Surgery on the Highway & Other Manic Expressions is collection of eleven stories holding a satirical mirror to contemporary Nigerian and British life. In the title story, an itinerant medicine seller tries to separate passengers in a Molue bus from their money. In other parts of the book, a manic millionaire and a schizophrenic advertisement executive attempt to explain away life with mathematical theories;a psychopathic writer is creating a deadly reality show that is not meant for television; and in the wilderness of Brixton an unemployed man contemplating a sojourn abroad is drawn into a grim glimpse into the pitiful life of immigrants. From the first to last page the book is filled with emotional disasters.

• Language: English
• Publisher: xceedia publishing
• Release date: Oct 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9783955775377

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Reviews for Brain Surgery on the Highway and Other Manic Expressions

[tomj-747838 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good storytelling. Some of this stuff already published in prestigious journal like Queens Quarterly . Also some literary prizewinners. Immensely talented and culturally liberated African writer.