Best for: Fans of the author’s previous work. People who want to have to work really hard to understand what they are reading. In a nutshell: Zuleika is a Sudanese woman living in Londinium in 211. She is married as a pre-teen, then eventually starts an affair with the Roman emperor. Worth quoting: “She moaned she had no time to herself now. I moaned that was all I had.” Why I chose it: It was part of a subscription box. Review: I want to challenge […]
I Don’t Get Verse
The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo