Seesaw (Ogene novel)

Seesaw is the second novel by Timothy Ogene. It was published in London in November, 2021 by Swift Press,[1][2] and was reviewed in The Guardian,[3] The Times,[4] Unherd,[5] Writers Mosaic,[6]and Daily Mail.[7]

Excerpts appeared in Granta[8] and The Johannesburg Review of Books.[9] It can be considered as a classic road novel and, at the same time, a satire; the voice of an unreliable narrator depicts the American culture and politics as seen through the eyes of a Nigerian scholar visiting Boston.[3]

References
  1. "Swift Press signs Timothy Ogene's 'hugely enjoyable act of literary rebellion'".
  2. "Swift Press soars with 100,000 sold in first nine months". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. "Seesaw by Timothy Ogene review – adventures in cultural expectations". the Guardian. 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  4. Self, John. "Seesaw by Timothy Ogene review — taking pot shots at the prose poseurs". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  5. "What does it mean to be black?". UnHerd. 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  6. "Seesaw". Writers Mosaic. 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  7. Lawrence, Sara (2021-11-04). "SEESAW". Mail Online. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  8. "The Blake Fellowship". Granta. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  9. "[Fiction Issue] 'He was the sort of writer who saw himself as the carrier of his continent's honour'—Read an excerpt from Timothy Ogene's novel Seesaw". The Johannesburg Review of Books. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2022-04-18.


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