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Butterfly Fish (novel)

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Butterfly Fish
First edition
AuthorIrenosen Okojie
LanguageEnglish
GenreMagic realism
PublisherJacaranda Books
Publication date
2015
Publication placeNigeria
Pages304 (first edition)
ISBN9781909762060
Followed bySpeaking Gigantular 

Butterfly Fish is a 2015 novel by Nigerian writer Irenosen Okojie. It was published by Jacaranda Books.[1][2][3]

Plot summary

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The novel focuses on Joy, a Nigerian London-based photographer who lives with her mother. As the novel progresses, Joy's mother dies leaving her with the family inheritance which includes her grandfather's journal and a bronze from Benin Kingdom, she is tasked grieving for her dead mother and finding her family secrets.

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