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One night, you will calmly put a knife to your husband’s penis 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.
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad is a collection of twelve short
stories featuring characters with unique voices and stories that
represent the diverse class, gender and ethnic melting pot that is
Lagos.
There’s a story of a young lady who tries to find her oyibo soulmate on
the streets of Lagos; another of a pastor’s wife who defends her
husband from an allegation of adultery; a wife takes a knife to her
husband’s penis; a night of lust between a rising musician and his
Instagram baddie takes an unexpected turn.
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad underscores with wit, humour,
wisdom and sensitivity, the perils of trying to find lasting love and
companionship in Africa’s most notorious city.
The anti-rom-com debut collection that took Nigeria by storm, featuring
twelve "bewitching and revelatory" (The New York Times) and
"ridiculously entertaining" (Booklist starred review) stories about the
perils and pitfalls of dating men in Lagos, from a rising star of
Nollywood
"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
Honey and Spice
*INCLUDES A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN SNEAK PEEK OF DAMILARE KUKU'S FORTHCOMING
NOVEL*
One 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.
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.
One 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 oyibos before discovering that white men can
act just as badly.
A bestseller in Damilare Kuku's native Nigeria, Nearly All the Men in
Lagos Are Mad 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.
Freshly out of Obáfémi Awólówò University, twenty-year-old Témì has a
clear plan for her future: she is going to surgically enlarge her
backside like all the other Nigerian women, move from Ilé-Ifè to Lagos,
and meet a man who will love her senseless.
But when she finally finds the courage to tell her mother, older
sister, and aunties, her announcement causes an uproar. As each of the
other women try to cure Témì of what seems like temporary insanity,
they begin to spill longburied secrets, including the truth of the
mysterious disappearance of Témì’s older sister five years earlier.
In the end, it seems like Témì might be the sanest of them all …
In Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow, Damilare Kuku brings her signature
humour, boldness and compassion to each member of this loveable but
exasperating family, whose lives show just how sharp the double-edged
sword of beauty can be.
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