Nadia Maddy novel Corpo Seco launches in London

Nadia Maddy’s sophomore novel Corpo Seco launched at the Africa Centre in London, UK on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

Nadia Maddy, a London-based writer with roots in Sierra Leone, is the author of The Palm Oil Stain (2011), which tackles the realities of the Sierra Leonean Civil War. Her newest novel Corpo Seco which we recently featured in our weekly book digest comes with the following blurb.

A fatal mistake. A tormented soul. Can he break free of the chains of his destruction?

Bahia, Brazil. Faron’s destiny changed in a moment of heartbreaking betrayal. Accidentally killing his mother in an explosion of justified rage, the distraught son of a plantation owner and slave falls swiftly to the retribution of the other servants. But even though he’s brutally punished and buried after an execution, he’s shocked when he wakes transformed into a cursed being of myth.

Fleeing to the Amazon jungle for a spiritual cure, Faron discovers he can temporarily transform into his old self in exchange for another person’s life. But in his search for redemption as a murderous monster with an insatiable appetite for flesh, he arrives on the Gold Coast, West Africa where he stumbles upon an albino orphan, a beautiful woman, and creatures far more deadly than himself.

The book launched with a healthy showing from London bibliophiles at the Africa Centre this October. The event which featured Maddy in conversation with Anni Domingo included a fairy masquerade as one of the attractions.

Here are images from the event;