Parasol against the Axe

'Oyeyemi's imagination is impressive and vast.' Guardian The glorious new novel from the landmark author - a once-in-a-lifetime trip.

Helen Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching (which won the Somerset Maugham Award), Mr Fox, Boy, Snow, Bird, Gingerbread and the short story collection What is Not Yours is Not Yours. In 2013, Helen was included in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. Her latest novel, Peaces, was published in 2021.