. intoxicating story that is at once distinctively feminine, African and universal. - Hepzibah Anderson, Observer
ȴ′s a mature coming-of-age story, and an engrossing portrait of Nigerian society. - The Times
Tais is the best new novel to have come out of Africa in some years. Like its young protagonist, it is a work of undemonstrative but rare feeling and intelligence; and it gives us one of the most fascinating and perturbing patriarchs of recent literature. But its special magic lies in conveying that, however devastated a childhood might be, it still has an unrepeatable, dream-like quality" - Amit Chaudhuri