A unique and epic novel describing the African diasporic immigrant experience conveyed through the protagonist's immersion in American college life, which leads to his alienation from home. Its substantial breadth of narrative is reminiscent of similar acclaimed novels in the African literary canon such as Ben Okri's The Famished Road (Vintage, 2009) and, recently, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Wizard of the Crow (Vintage, 2007).