I'm starting to really like Kayo as a character in the novel. I suppose the only way to explain it is that he's a very different type of character from the rest of the books we have read. He embodies a much more contemporary African man. I also like how he is a character that many people can relate to especially in terms of his dull, dreary working life. That being said the author throws in little quotes and details that the reader find interesting:
...he slipped Stevie Wonder's Innervisions CD into his computer and began to tidy his desk. He clicked his fingers to 'Too High'.
These small details to me at least make the story all the more interesting, they help develop the character even further and just give him an interesting personality. Unlike other novels we read such as "Things Fall Apart"the character here is not a hardened warrior and a tribal figure but rather he is a modern working man with a dull work life. It seems as if the author Nii Ayikwei Parkes is trying to break the norm with traditional African stories and wants to make a new leap in African literature. Another interesting subject I observed while reading was the corruption of the law. Nii Ayikwei Parkes does not seem to be the most fond person of the police as he goes out of his way to make the majority of them look corrupt and abusive with power especially Sergeant Ofosu as shown with his encounter with Kayo:
'Sergeant, you still haven't told me why I've been stopped.' Sergeant Ofosu rapped hard on Kayo's door. 'My friend, do you want me to break your legs or something? I said get out.'
In terms of what we have read so far the novel seems to be taking an interesting direction. I'm looking forward to reading further.
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