Taduno's Song

In a similar--albeit less meta--fashion as J.M. Coetzee's novels about poverty and sadness, Atogun paints Nigeria in the tremendously dead colors of a Tyrant. Taduno's plight is discovered; the novel begins in a mystifying, confusing fashion. The steadfastness of the character remains with us, despi......more

The novel has the simplicity and lyricism of a folk tale and yet it managed to convey, so deeply, the numbness and defilement of human relationships among people living in corrupt authoritarian regimes. The bareness of the prose did not prevent me from experiencing this novel as a devastating indict......more

I sat down & read this one in one sitting. It's a short enough book to do that &, in a way, I think that may be the best way to read this one. It's almost like an allegory, a short morality tale, & a fable mixed together. It was a very good book, imo, simple yet thoughtful, exploring the themes of ty......more

I picked this up at the library because it had a pretty spine and it’s now one of my favorite reads this year.......more

Holding the paperback of this book, you would think it's actually a long read, but it's not it's quite the short story. I decided to read this book and it didn't even take me an hour to finish it's so so so short. The story follows Taduno's quest to release his girlfriend Lela from the corrupt hands......more