This was a quick read (read it in a day, in a few hours) and would highly recommend it if you need a quick read as a transition between two heavy books. From the story of a deceptive hookup girl to a woman who carries on wickedness from her teenage years into adulthood.

When I first started this book, I saw a review that criticized the author's use of 'Nigerian English' and I thought the person was, well, silly. She masterfully skewers societal norms and exposes the ridiculousness lurking beneath the surface of everyday life. My favourites were International relations, A Lovers Vendetta, Side Lined, Independence Day and Beard Gang - something about its crudeness, factuality and engagement was hooking.I also found it amusing how you can pretty much replace Lagos with Lilongwe and the message remains the same. What I didn't like about the book is that because of the title and the entire premise of the short-story collection, you knew how every story was going to end with a man breaking a woman's heart. We see harrowing tales of betrayals, double-lives and hard truths, as experienced and seemln through the eyes of women who are in turn damaged, lovingly innocent, and vindictive.

In Kenya, we have street slang saying in Swahili, "soko ni chafu", loosely translated as "the market is dirty".

In that case, I suppose the title of the book is the author making a play at publicity, which she clearly has achieved. Almost two years later, Ugochukwu Ugonna’s ‘Who Drove Nearly All the Men in Lagos Mad’ hits the market. From cheating husbands, a mommy's boy, an impotent husband, a side chick, to closeted gay husbands, and many more.

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad underscores with wit, humour, wisdom and sensitivity, the perils of trying to find lasting love and companionship in Africa's most notorious city. The last page in the book felt like the author was patronizing ‘Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad’. Despite featuring a title that I suspect to be slightly sexist, the story exhibits none of the sexist prejudices that I imagined it would have, despite most of the folk I know who've read and enjoyed it so far being women.

Starr”, the author makes it known that the woman contributes nothing to the home as she follows her husband on all his tours and shows to ensure he doesn’t have baby mamas. What is also remarkable about the book is that the stories are not told solely from a female perspective. Femi is not the only male character who is dubious, there is the male protagonist in ‘Just the Tip’ who cheats on his partner with her best friend just because she wouldn’t have sex with him outside the confines of marriage. I have to say I really like Damilare's writing style and I definitely can't wait to read more from her in the future. It is a result of a culture of convoluted traditional ideals desperately seeking to find a place for itself in the global, "Western" cultural scene.