Dr Sola Odemuyiwa's fourth novel - Ade, The Flying Paintbrush, is an interesting read.
Though inspired by the author's late father's lifelong attempts to retrieve his inheritance from predatory speculators in Nigeria, the novel is a comedy peppered with amusing encounters and witty characters.
Ade, The Flying Paintbrush
The book tells the story of Ade - alias the Flying Paintbrush, a champion hurdler with a scarred left foot. Ade meets Yeni, scion of the famous Martins family. To save the fledgling political and legal career of her raffish brother, Bola, Yeni implores Ade to take the blame for an accident. Smitten and awe-struck, Ade agrees only to learn, to his horror, that a young girl died and that he, Ade, not Bola is a wanted man. Yeni helps him flee the country on condition that they get married.
He returns to Lagos with a new identity, falls in love with Moji at work but he cannot leave the cruel and manipulative Yeni because the venal Controller, a greedy police officer who knows his secret, is blackmailing him. Can Ade escape his predicament?
Dr Sola Odemuyiwa
Dr Sola Odemuyiwa
Dr Sola Odemuyiwa was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and brought up in Nigeria. Educated at Igbobi College, he attended Lagos University and was President of both the Lagos University and the Nigerian, Medical Students' Associations. He trained in Cardiology in Newcastle, London and Southampton. He works and lives in Surrey.
The novel is available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087B47W53