The Emperors Restaurant will host Niran Adedokun to a reading of his latest book, The Law is an Ass, on Saturday, December 4. The event, which celebrates Adedokun at 50, is to take place in the restaurant on 53, Isaac John Street, GRA, Ikeja at 2 pm.
Layiwola Adeniji in his review of the collection of stories Adedokun will be reading writes, “Without a doubt, Niran Adedokun’s The Law is an Ass makes an interesting reading with stories that capture the imagination of the reader.
“The stories provide for us a mirror, which highlights and interrogates our tensions, fears, and aspirations as a people. Though not overtly prescriptive, he has through the characters and plots in these stories provided a beacon of light to guide us in finding the right path”.
Adedokun is a public relations practitioner, lawyer and writer.
He is also a columnist with The PUNCH and Thecable.ng newspapers, and publisher of www.eelive.ng. His first book Ladies Calling the Shots, a profile of 17 top female film and television directors in Nigeria, was published in 2017. The Danfo Driver in All of Us and Other Essays, his second book, was published in the middle of last year.
