My sister, the serial killer: a novel
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"Satire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends. "Femi makes three, you know. Three and they label you a serial killer." Koredeis bitter. How could she not be? Her sister, Ayoola, is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead. Korede's practicality is the sisters' saving grace. She knows the best solutions for cleaning blood, the trunk of her car is big enough for a body, and she keeps Ayoola from posting pictures of her dinner to Instagram when she should be mourning her "missing" boyfriend. Not that she gets any credit. A kind, handsome doctor atthe hospital where Korede works is the bright spot in her life. She dreams of the day when he will realize they're perfect for each other. But one day Ayoola shows up to the hospital uninvited and he takes notice. When he asks Korede for Ayoola's phone number, she must reckon with what her sister has become and what she will do about it. Sharp as nails and full of deadpan wit, Oyinkan Braithwaite has written a deliciously deadly debut that's as fun as it is frightening"--
"Slasher meets satire, in this darkly comic novel set in Nigeria about a woman whose younger sister has a very inconvenient habit of killing her boyfriends"--
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Braithwaite, O. (2019). My sister, the serial killer: a novel. Vintage Books edition. Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Braithwaite, Oyinkan. 2019. My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel. Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Braithwaite, Oyinkan, My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel. Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House, LLC, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Braithwaite, Oyinkan. My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel. Vintage Books edition. Vintage Books, a Division of Penguin Random House, LLC, 2019.
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