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Teju Cole

2011259 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2011
first published
  • 2011Faber and Faber · ENGISBN 9780571279449
  • 2011Penguin Random House · ENGISBN 9781299096806
  • 2011Random House · 259 pages · ENGISBN 9781400068098
  • 2011Faber & Faber, Limited · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780571279425
  • 2012Faber & Faber, Limited · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780571279432
  • 2012Random House Trade Paperbacks · 259 pagesISBN 9780812980097
  • 2011Recorded BooksISBN 9781456121983
  • 2012Quaderns Crema · 320 pagesISBN 9788477275305

Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need for Julius: they are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to process his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlfriend, his present, his past.

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