Independent Bookshop Week: The Street Hawker's Apprentice by Kabir Kareem-Bello
For Independent Bookshop Week we’ve twinned with Jacaranda Books an award-winning independent, black-owned publisher and bookseller of adult fiction, non-fiction & Young Adult Fiction. Each day of the week we will be celebrating and promoting a different title by Jacaranda.
Today’s title ‘The Street Hawker's Apprentice’ is Nigerian born Kabir Kareem-Bello’s first novel about brotherhood and friendship on the streets of Lagos. Buy it in store during Independent Bookshop Week and get 20% off the RRP.
Order your copy today directly through October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get a commission on your purchase.
The Street Hawker's Apprentice by Kabir Kareem-Bello
Paperback RRP £9.99
A Dickensian tale of two young boys from opposite sides of the track who form a bond of brotherhood and friendship as they survive the streets of Lagos. The Street Hawker's Apprentice is an exquisite literary debut, and one of the anticipated titles of Jacaranda's #TwentyIn2020 programme for Black British writers.
Temilola is a kind-hearted boy from the upper echelons of Nigerian society who wakes up alone in the middle of Lagos and discovers that he has lost his memory.
He soon finds that this is the least of his problems, as he must now attempt to survive the dangerous streets of Lagos. Vipaar, who has been making a living as a hawker of random necessities on the streets of Lagos, finds Temilola and, after a violent first encounter, reluctantly takes him under his wing. They form a strong bond as they strive to make a meagre living selling mobile phone chargers to passing motorists on the dangerous highways of Lagos. The boys navigate the ruthless underbelly of Lagos and learn just how far they will go to protect themselves and each other. When tragedy strikes, their bond is broken and they are forced to separate from each other. Will the two friends find each other again after they both face increasing brutality, pain and sorrow? Or will their destinies have diverged enough to tear them apart forever?
Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase.
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