Say You're One of Them
The three short stories and two novellas that form this debut collection from Nigerian writer Uwem Akpan offer a stunning array of opening sentences:
“Now that my eldest sister, Maisha, was twelve, none of us knew how to relate to her anymore.”
“Best Friend said she liked your little eyes and lean face and walk and the way you spoke your English.”
“It was late afternoon. It was before the new democratic government placed a ban on mass transportation of corpses from one end of the country to the other.”