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Jagua Nana
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  • Published: 15 May 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241334997
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $24.99

Jagua Nana

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EBook
15 May 2018
Audiobook
21 May 2020
Paperback
15 May 2018
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A terrifically entertaining, funny and moving novel about an ageing beauty in 1960s Lagos

Jagua Nana, no longer young but still irresistible, lives a life of hedonism in Lagos: men, parties, fights, wild nights in the Tropicana with her handsome young boyfriend Freddie. Rushing from one experience to the next in search of something she can't quite grasp, Jagua finds herself embroiled in shady politics, caught up in village feuds and the source of drama wherever she goes. In this vivid depiction of 1960s Nigeria, everyone is hustling and everyone is on the make - and a woman like Jagua must find her own unconventional path to fulfilment.
  • Published: 15 May 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241334997
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for Jagua Nana

A joy to read; his glorious imagination captured ours ... Jagua Nana is my favourite of his novels

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Guardian