My Sister, the Serial Killer

The debut, multi award-winning novel by Nigerian-British novelist Oyinkan Braithwaite is a dark and often hilarious tale of complex sibling bonds. Korede, head nurse at St Peters Hospital in Lagos, is the troubled narrator. Ayoola, her younger sister, is a beauty and a tease, with a habit of murdering her boyfriends with a nine-inch knife. Braithwaite conjures the perils of Lagos, and skilfully uses laughter to cover pain.