Stephen Buoro
Johny Pitts talks to Stephen Buoro about his debut novel The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa. Plus Debbie Hicks from The Reading Agency discusses their new initiative.
Johny Pitts talks to Stephen Buoro about his book The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa. The debut novelist discusses drawing on religion, maths and coming-of-age narratives in his humorous and cerebral story of a teenager in contemporary Nigeria.
Debbie Hicks from The Reading Agency explains how their new initiative, Road to Reading, aims to help people get back into the habit of regularly spending time with a good book.
And Leonora Craig Cohen choses a new novel about strikes and sexual awakening in the 1980s as her Editors' Pick for next month.
Book List 鈥� Sunday 30 April and Thursday 4 May
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde
Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham
God's Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu
A Portrait of An Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
Neon Roses by Rachel Dawson
Parallel Hells by Leon Craig
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Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Photographer | Andrew Kahumbu |
Broadcasts
- Sun 30 Apr 2023 16:00成人快手 Radio 4
- Thu 4 May 2023 15:30成人快手 Radio 4
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