![]() ![]() ![]() For once, the brouhaha is well deserved.")īut her ambition marks how far her reach exceeded her grasp, the potential that was unrealized: after some measured praise for Selasi’s prose, Freudenberger makes it quite clear that the young writer was not ready for prime-time, suggesting that “agents, editors and publishers may have rushed a young writer’s book into print before it was ready.” Faulting “the author’s unwillingness to explore her characters’ motivations fully,” she questions the novel’s plausibility: The British press particularly loved it, for example ( The Independent: "Can this fanfared debut live up to its billing? After a few wobbles – yes, a new star is born" The Guardian: "Before you get to page one of this book there is a noisy overture…one of the most hyped debuts of recent times…It stands up to the hype" The Economist: " Ghana Must Go comes with a bagload of prepublication praise. This is not to say that the book was un-generously reviewed, by the way. ![]()
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