Behind Closed Doors

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What would you do if you were a homosexual in a country where being gay is severely frowned upon and considered a taboo? What is the ultimate price to pay if you were different, gay? Lagos playboy, son of an ex-beauty Queen; and sole heir to the Johnson fortune, Henry Johnson, is facing a stunning controversy because of his sexual orientation . . . He loves men, yet the thought disgusts him and throws him into turmoil, that is, until he encounters Phoenix, a bisexual male stripper and prostitute who is wildly ambitious and will do anything to climb the social ladder. Phoenix is the one man that opens his eyes to the taste of the forbidden fruit, to what it feels like to hold another man, to kiss another man. The future of these two is tied together in an intensely homophobic country.

Kingsley Adrian Banks

Kingsley Adrian Banks is one of Nigeria's New Voices in Fiction. His debut novel, the acclaimed Behind Closed Doors, is one of the few novels from Nigeria that tackles gender stereotypes, sexual minorities, and gay life in Africa's largest country.

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