When the novel opens, Ayoola has just killed her latest boyfriend, Femi - and Korede, the sole narrator, declares, “Femi makes three, you know. Rather, it concerns itself mainly with the comfy lives of two sisters, Korede and Ayoola, one of whom is undeniably gorgeous and has a pesky habit of killing her boyfriends. Here is a novel that shrugs off the oft published themes of poverty, political turmoil or civil strife on the African continent. Set in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Lagos, Oyinkan Braithwaite’s “My Sister, the Serial Killer” is a showstopper in many ways - a no-nonsense one with a wicked sense of humor. shores, you have to stop and revel in its novelty among the growing number of more literary books by African writers. When a psychological thriller by a debut Nigerian writer hits U.S.
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