God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Winner of the 2023 Dylan Thomas Prize

Arinze Ifeakandu's debut collection of short stories explores the complexities of queer male intimacy in contemporary Nigeria, featuring characters facing societal challenges, family conflicts, and the search for love and acceptance. The stories are filled with tenderness, secrecy, and moments of ecstasy, offering a vivid portrayal of the lives of gay men in Nigeria.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 25 May 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Arinze Ifeakandu's writing is a captivating blend of queer lives and loves in Nigeria, with a keen awareness of the human and universal in every situation. His quietly transgressive stories are the work of a brilliant new talent, DAMON GALGUT, Booker Prize-winning author of The Promise. Contemporary love stories with moments of real surprise and revelation, BRANDON TAYLOR's Real Life is a gorgeous exploration of the complexities of modern relationships. SARAH WATERS' Fingersmith captures the tenderness and tumult of queer love, familial love, self-love, and the many ways love elates and eludes us.

DEESHA PHILYAW's The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is a magical exploration of the lives of church ladies in Nigeria. ELOGHOSA OSUNDE's Vagabonds! is a raw, tender grace that explores the complexities of love and relationships. COLM TÓIBÍN's The Magician is a stunning debut that showcases a serious literary talent. SARAH HALL's Burntcoat is a stunning debut that explores the stakes of love in a society in flux.

The novel follows a man who revisits the university campus where he lost his first love, now aware of what he couldn't understand then. A daughter returns home to Lagos after the death of her father, facing her past and future relationship with his longtime partner. A young musician rises to fame at the risk of losing himself and the man who loves him.

Generations collide, families break and are remade, languages and cultures intertwine, and lovers find their ways to futures, from childhood through adulthood, on university campuses, city centres, and neighbourhoods where church bells mingle with the morning call to prayer.

Arinze Ifeakandu's writing is a captivating blend of queer lives and loves in Nigeria, with a keen awareness of the human and universal in every situation. His quietly transgressive stories are the work of a brilliant new talent, DAMON GALGUT, Booker Prize-winning author of The Promise. Contemporary love stories with moments of real surprise and revelation, BRANDON TAYLOR's Real Life is a gorgeous exploration of the complexities of modern relationships. SARAH WATERS' Fingersmith captures the tenderness and tumult of queer love, familial love, self-love, and the many ways love elates and eludes us.

DEESHA PHILYAW's The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is a magical exploration of the lives of church ladies in Nigeria. ELOGHOSA OSUNDE's Vagabonds! is a raw, tender grace that explores the complexities of love and relationships. COLM TÓIBÍN's The Magician is a stunning debut that showcases a serious literary talent. SARAH HALL's Burntcoat is a stunning debut that explores the stakes of love in a society in flux.

The novel follows a man who revisits the university campus where he lost his first love, now aware of what he couldn't understand then. A daughter returns home to Lagos after the death of her father, facing her past and future relationship with his longtime partner. A young musician rises to fame at the risk of losing himself and the man who loves him.

Generations collide, families break and are remade, languages and cultures intertwine, and lovers find their ways to futures, from childhood through adulthood, on university campuses, city centres, and neighbourhoods where church bells mingle with the morning call to prayer.

Arinze Ifeakandu's writing is a captivating blend of queer lives and loves in Nigeria, with a keen awareness of the human and universal in every situation. His quietly transgressive stories are the work of a brilliant new talent, DAMON GALGUT, Booker Prize-winning author of The Promise. Contemporary love stories with moments of real surprise and revelation, BRANDON TAYLOR's Real Life is a gorgeous exploration of the complexities of modern relationships. SARAH WATERS' Fingersmith captures the tenderness and tumult of queer love, familial love, self-love, and the many ways love elates and eludes us.

DEESHA PHILYAW's The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is a magical exploration of the lives of church ladies in Nigeria. ELOGHOSA OSUNDE's Vagabonds! is a raw, tender grace that explores the complexities of love and relationships. COLM TÓIBÍN's The Magician is a stunning debut that showcases a serious literary talent. SARAH HALL's Burntcoat is a stunning debut that explores the stakes of love in a society in flux.

Weight: 200g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399606271