THE LAST GIFT OF THE MASTER ARTISTS

497pp., paperback, Rewritten Edition, London, 2022

First published in the UK in 2007 as Starbook.

An epic novel set in an African country just before the arrival of the Atlantic slave traders.

“One of the most beautiful and profound novels I’ve read in ages. It also packs an unsettling punch … Okri never dwells on the horror of slavery itself - instead, he makes us fall in love with the world it’s about to destroy.” Washington Post

"Ben Okri is the most quotable writer of all time. Every line he writes effervesces with poetry, philosophy, and story. The Last Gift of the Master Artists is another testament to Okri’s sublime brilliance.” Nnedi Okorafor, author of Binti and Akata Witch

Poet and novelist Ben Okri was born in Minna, Nigeria in 1959. His childhood was divided between Nigeria and London. He the author of The Famished Road, winner of the 1991 Booker Prize, and many other novels, as well as several collections of poetry, essays and short stories.