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Every Day Is for the Thief

by Teju Cole

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A narrator comes back to Lagos after years in the United States.

NigerianAfro-descendant (diaspora)Literary fictionMigrationIdentityPolitics

  • First published 2007
  • Length Short (a weekend)
  • Language English

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