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Tremor

by Teju Cole

2023 · literary fiction · adult

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Set in 3 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5

Set in

  • ★
    Cambridge · United States
    Protagonist Tunde's home; present-day frame of the novel
    ★ primary
  • Lagos · Nigeria
    Tunde's native city; vignettes of Lagosians' daily life
  • Bamako · Mali
    Tunde attends a photography biennial and spends three nights at the Chameleon Club

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