Little Rot

They wanted revenge, they wanted people to be held accountable in a worldwhere that just didn't happen. It was like expecting a rotten tree to bearfruit.AkwaekeEmezi's exhilarating new novel follows five people over the course of a headyweekend which will brutally upend all of their lives.WhenKalu drops Aima at Lagos Airport, it marks the end of their four-yearrelationship. Shattered and broken open, he thinks that's the last he will seeof his girlfriend. But Aima is drawn back into the city - to the scandalous,decadent nightlife of her best friend.AsKalu grieves, his friend offers him an exclusive invitation to one of hissordid, global parties - a way for Kalu to escape, if only for a night. Kaluknows it will offer every possible indulgence and something even moreprecious: time with the man he loves, but whose actions will plunge them allinto a whirling descent that pulls in everyone connected to them.