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"I Wrote Easy Motion Tourist Because Of Money" - Leye Adenle by SynCityNg: 10:37am On Sep 12, 2018 |
Welcome to the SyncityNG Literary Lord and Ladies show, a platform where we showcase the finest literary creatives in our midst. Today’s guest is an award winning writer, satirist, and occasional actor. His debut novel, Easy Motion Tourist, features female Nigerian protagonist, Amaka, who works to protect the sex workers of Lagos. The second book in the Amaka Thriller series published this month is When Trouble Sleeps. In this second Naijo Noir thriller, Amaka gets embroiled in politics on a do or die level. Some know our guest as the literary Tarantino while some know him as *clears throat*. Ladies and gentlemen, with a round of applause, let’s make welcome, the true crime fiction writer of our time. Welcome Leye Adenle! So glad to have you join the exclusive list of those who have graced the show. It’s me you are referring to, shey? as one of the finest literary minds. Thanks for having me. How much mental energy did it take to produce EMT? Mental energy sha. Hard to say. It took three months to bang out the first draft, then many years to get it polished enough to start sending to publishers for rejections. Took quite some effort, and lots of red wine. I am happy to answer the marital status question too. (Let me shoot my shot on your platform.) No one has put a ring on it yet, so…. Ah… Red wine. Why the choice of crime fiction? That’s one of the hardest genres to pull off. You are right, crime fiction is hard to pull off if you want to get it righ. Just like any other genre, I find the way ... http://syncityng.com/2018/09/12/i-wrote-easy-motion-tourist-because-of-money-leye-adenle/ 1 Share
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