Abani [is] a fluid, closely observant writer. (
The Washington Post)
Abani's intensely visual style–and his sense of humor–convert the stuff of hopelessness into the stuff of hope. (
San Francisco Chronicle)
GraceLand amply demonstrates that Abani has the energy, ambition and compassion to create a novel that delineates and illuminates a complicated, dynamic, deeply fractured society. (
Los Angeles Times)
Abani . . . has written an exhilarating novel, all the more astonishing for its hard-won grace and, yes, redemption. (
The Village Voice)
In depicting how deeply external politics can affect internal thinking,
GraceLand announces itself as a worthy heir to Chinua Achebe's
Things Fall Apart. Like that classic of Nigerian literature, it gives a multifaceted, human face to a culture struggling to find its own identity while living with somebody else's. (
Minneapolis Star-Tribune)