Little Rot

Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) is the author of the bestselling novel You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty; New York Times bestseller The Death of Vivek Oji, which was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize; Pet, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature; and Freshwater, which was named a New York Times Notable Book, longlisted for both the Wellcome Book Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation, they are based in liminal spaces.

'With an almost surreal narrative confronting societal decay and personal rebirth, Emezi's signature lyricism and profound character insights are on full display . . . Little Rot further cements Emezi's place as a master of blending the mystical with the everyday.', Glamour 'A sort of fun, sexy, dangerous, dark thriller about corruption, told with beautiful style and a literary eye.', Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Readers love Little Rot:'IMMERSIVE . . . It forces you to ask, when push comes to shove how righteous are you really?' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This has got to be the best book I have read in a very long time.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Akwaeke never disappoints. . . I enjoyed every page of it!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I could not put this down.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I've really no words for Emezi's genius. Their stories devour you, consume you, drawing you in completely.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐