{"product_id":"little-rot","title":"Little Rot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne weekend.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe elite underbelly of a Nigerian city.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA party that goes awry.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA tangled web of sex and lies and corruption that leaves no one unscathed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAima and Kalu are a longtime couple who have just split. When Kalu, reeling from the breakup, visits an exclusive sex party hosted by his best friend, Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos, brutally and suddenly upending their lives. Ola and Souraya, two Nigerian sex workers visiting from Kuala Lumpur, collide into the scene just as everything goes to hell. Sucked into the city’s corrupt and glittering underworld, they’re all looking for a way out, fueled by a desperate need to escape the dangerous threat that looms over them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[[[Specifications]]]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"height: 58.7814px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e Format\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eDate Published\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkwaeke Emezi\u003c\/b\u003e (they\/them) is an Igbo and Tamil writer and artist based in liminal spaces. They are the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Vivek Oji\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, and the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award; \u003ci\u003ePet\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, a Walter Honor Book, and a Stonewall Honor Book; \u003ci\u003eFreshwater\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and short-listed for the PEN\/Hemingway Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize; \u003ci\u003eDear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2022 ALA Stonewall Book Award–Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award; and most recently, \u003ci\u003eContent Warning: Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, their debut poetry collection; \u003ci\u003eBitter\u003c\/i\u003e, their second young adult novel; and \u003ci\u003eYou Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, their debut romance novel. Selected as a 5 Under 35 honoree by the National Book Foundation and featured on the cover of \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eas a Next Generation Leader.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"135\" width=\"202\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/Akwaeke-Emezi-author-photo-1_by-Vo-1b525b2736004672b8d04f9675702295.jpg?v=1745269836\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50858959241503,"sku":"9780525541653","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/littlerot.jpg?v=1745269914","url":"https:\/\/venusenvy.ca\/products\/little-rot","provider":"Venus Envy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}