Wahala: A Novel
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""Contemporary female friendship goes glam in this lively debut novel with remarkable depth."" -- Washington Post
""Great fun and extremely smart."" -- npr.org
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY Vogue * Marie Claire * Glamour * Essence * Oprah Daily * Entertainment Weekly * Bustle * PopSugar * CrimeReads * and more!
An incisive and exhilarating debut novel following three Anglo-Nigerian best friends and the lethally glamorous fourth woman who infiltrates their groupβthe most unforgettable girls since Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha.
Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2. kids. Sheβs dating Kayode and wants him to be βthe oneβ (perfect, like her dead father). Her friends think heβs just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian boyfriends.
Boo has everything Ronke wantsβa kind husband, gorgeous child. But sheβs frustrated, unfulfilled, plagued by guilt, and desperate to remember who she used to be.
Simi is the golden one with the perfect lifestyle. No one knows sheβs crippled by impostor syndrome and tempted to pack it all in each time her boss mentions her βurban vibe.β Her husband thinks theyβre trying for a baby. Sheβs not.
When the high-flying, charismatic Isobel explodes into the group, it seems at first sheβs bringing out the best in each woman. (She gets Simi an interview in Shanghai! Goes jogging with Boo!) But the more Isobel intervenes, the more chaos she sows, and Ronke, Simi, and Booβs close friendship begins to crack.
A sharp, modern take on friendship, ambition, culture, and betrayal, Wahala (trouble) is an unforgettable novel from a brilliant new voice.
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Born in Bristol and raised in Lagos, Nikki May is Anglo-Nigerian. Her critically acclaimed debut novel Wahala won the Comedy Women In Print New Voice Prize, was longlisted for the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award and the Diverse Books Award, and is being turned into a major BBC TV drama series. Nikki lives in Dorset with her husband, two standard Schnauzers and way too many books. She should be working on her next book but is probably reading.
