{"product_id":"vagabondsbooks","title":"Vagabonds!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE AND THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you read one debut novel in 2022, this should be it.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the bustling streets and cloistered homes of Lagos, a cast of vivid characters—some haunted, some defiant—navigate danger, demons, and love in a quest to lead true lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs in Nigeria, vagabonds are those whose existence is literally outlawed: the queer, the poor, the displaced, the footloose and rogue spirits. They are those who inhabit transient spaces, who make their paths and move invisibly, who embrace apparitions, old vengeances and alternative realities. Eloghosa Osunde's brave, fiercely inventive novel traces a wild array of characters for whom life itself is a form of resistance: a driver for a debauched politician with the power to command life and death; a legendary fashion designer who gives birth to a grown daughter; a lesbian couple whose tender relationship sheds unexpected light on their experience with underground sex work; a wife and mother who attends a secret spiritual gathering that shifts her world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs their lives intertwine—in bustling markets and underground clubs, churches and hotel rooms—vagabonds are seized and challenged by spirits who command the city's dark energy. Whether running from danger, meeting with secret lovers, finding their identities, or vanquishing their shadowselves, Osunde's characters confront and support one another, before converging for the once-in-a-lifetime gathering that gives the book its unexpectedly joyous conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending unvarnished realism with myth and fantasy, \u003ci\u003eVagabonds!\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital work of imagination that takes us deep inside the hearts, minds, and bodies of a people in duress—and in triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Osunde, Eloghosa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":47600254157024,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover\/Adult Fiction","offer_id":47623141196000,"sku":null,"price":22.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b1312e59-6e19-4280-a53f-5fdb929d5e56.jpg?v=1753112294","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/vagabondsbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}