Excited to share our first blurb from Aminatta Forna, first reader of the collection outside of my agent, THAT publisher and close friends:
'[Nii Ayikwei Parkes] stories in the The City Will Love You are in turns touching, playful, wry and wise, simultaneously dark and warm. The humour is wicked, the prose deft, Parkes possesses an acute eye for human idiosyncrasies, foibles and failings.’ - Aminatta Forna
In fact, I've been so excited that I started messing about with Adobe Illustrator this morning and made an interim text cover (below) while we wait for the amazing Inua Ellams cover that we will get in June. Let me know what you think of it. If you don't hate it, we'll put it on the page for now! Just drop me a note by twitter or email saying LIKE or HATE. I promise I won't be sensitive about it!!
First blurb - yes!!
Nii