It's the opportunity of a lifetime: Feyi is about to escape the City's heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets, and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life our heroine also might be ready to open her heart to someone new. The problem is, she's falling for the one man she absolutely can't have. An unforgettable romance that will set summer ablaze.
This novel unpicks Vivek's tale. It begins with his end, his body shrouded on his mother's doorstep, and moves backwards through time to tell us the story of Vivek's life and the mystery surrounding his death. Suffused with family life and a tragedy that sits squarely at its heart its the story of a Nigerian childhood quite different from the one we might expect.
From the critically acclaimed author of Pet and The Death of Vivek Oji, Bitter, takes a timely and provocative look at the power of youth, protest and art.