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The Half-God of Rainfall

Inua Ellams

4.06/5 (898 ratings)

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From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge.

There is something about the boy. When he is angry, clouds darken. When he cries, rivers burst their banks. And when he touches a basketball, deities want courtside seats. Half Nigerian mortal, half Grecian God: Demi is the Half-God of Rainfall.

His mother, Modupe, looks on with a mixture of pride and worry. From close encounters, she knows that Gods are just like men: the same fragile egos, the same subsequent fury, the same sense of entitlement to the bodies of mortals. The Gods will one day tire of sports fans, their fickle allegiances and their prayers to Demi.

And when that moment comes, it won’t matter how special he is. Only the women in Demi’s life, the mothers, the Goddesses, will stand between him and a lightning bolt.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 96 pages

Publication:: 2019

Publisher:: Fourth Estate

Edition:: Illustrated

Language:

ISBN10:: 0008324778

ISBN13:: 9780008324773

kindle Asin:: B07J2CS16R

The Half-God of Rainfall

Inua Ellams

4.06/5 (898 ratings)

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From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge.

There is something about the boy. When he is angry, clouds darken. When he cries, rivers burst their banks. And when he touches a basketball, deities want courtside seats. Half Nigerian mortal, half Grecian God: Demi is the Half-God of Rainfall.

His mother, Modupe, looks on with a mixture of pride and worry. From close encounters, she knows that Gods are just like men: the same fragile egos, the same subsequent fury, the same sense of entitlement to the bodies of mortals. The Gods will one day tire of sports fans, their fickle allegiances and their prayers to Demi.

And when that moment comes, it won’t matter how special he is. Only the women in Demi’s life, the mothers, the Goddesses, will stand between him and a lightning bolt.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 96 pages

Publication:: 2019

Publisher:: Fourth Estate

Edition:: Illustrated

Language:

ISBN10:: 0008324778

ISBN13:: 9780008324773

kindle Asin:: B07J2CS16R

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