This week James drinks the haterade while Eyad is moved by the novel: a surprising twist for a book full of them!  We also discuss whether our American sensibilities toward drama/melodrama differ from Adebayo's and giggle about the scene wherein a penis is twisted in a fight between men.  It's a fun episode!

Ayobami Adebayo's Stay With Me was a notable book of the year by The New York Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian and shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize.

This is the last book in our Contemporary Nigerian Fiction series.  Join our book club discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanonicalPod where you can also find show notes, credits and extended discussions for every episode.

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