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Book Review: Astonishing the Gods by Ben Okri (Nigeria)

The closest I could get to a badly rendered immortal being

An incoherent, more or less mythical, utopian (or is it dystopian) read, and an unappreciated (by me) masterpiece

Posted byimogen15th Mar 202615th Mar 2026Posted inbookTags: africa, Astonishing the Gods, Ben Okri, books, fable, fiction, myth, mythologyLeave a comment on Book Review: Astonishing the Gods by Ben Okri (Nigeria)

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