Jackal, Jackal – Tobi Ogundiran
Jackal, Jackal by Tobi Ogundiran / ISBN 9781988964430 / 320-page paperback published in 2023 by Undertow Publications (CA)
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From Shirley Jackson award-nominated author Tobi Ogundiran, comes a highly anticipated debut collection of stories full of magic and wonder and breathtaking imagination!
“Vivid and twisted, ironic and stirring.” – The New York Times
āSuperb weird-fantasy fictionsā¦ an unfailing capacity for surprise.ā āPublishers Weekly, Top 10 Summer Read
āJackal, Jackal is a great showcase of Ogundiranās consistency and strengths of a storyteller and dark fabulist. Forget logic. These are stories you are meant to feel. Think Grimm by way of Amos Tutuola. Stephen King meets Cyprian Ekwensi.ā āWole Talabi, Locus magazine
āOgundiranās tales revel in small moments that create big ripples. Jackal, Jackal is a collection of such stories, characters grasping at a wish in their own unique, earnest way. An exciting yet intimate collection from a writer who continues to surprise and delight.ā āSuyi Davies Okungbowa, Author of The Nameless Republic trilogy
āJackal, Jackal is an astonishing debut collection with real teeth.ā āPriya Sharma, Author of Pomegranates