Reading the Ceiling
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Reading the Ceiling
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Reading the Ceiling is a 2007 novel by Dayo Forster. The book tells the story of eighteen-year-old Ayodele and explores three paths her life could take. Ayodele is a Gambian schoolgirl entering adulthood. One path takes her to university in England, and another to polygamy and motherhood. Owen Richardson, reviewing the novel in The Age, compared it to Philip Roth's The Counterlife. A reviewer for The Point praised Forster's use of local terminology and accurate portrayal of Gambian society, espe
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2007 novel
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2022-01-24T18:57:44Z
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