SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON

How to get a head

Dave Bradley

▸ RELEASED 8 FEBRUARY 304 pages | Hardback/ebook/audiobook ▸ Author Wole Talabi ▸ Publisher Gollancz → At its heart, this fantasy novel is a heist caper. Nneoma is a succubus, and her partner Shigidi is a minor nightmare god employed by the Orisha Spirit Company. The pair branch out as freelancers, accepting a dangerous assignment: retrieving an artefact from the British Museum. Given recent discourse, righteous anger at the museum’s possession of plundered treasures feels apt. The characters’ dynamic is terrific, and this is also the story of their relationship, with a well-constructed arc that starts in medias res, yanks us back through history, and returns to a satisfying conclusion. The book joins the canon of literature set in a world behind our own. Fans of Neil Gaiman and Kate…

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