Tade Thompson is a person with Yoruba heritage, living in London. I may have gotten points from my Nigerian neighbor for reading a novel set in Nigeria. I don't think my friend is Yoruba though. The novel is competent. The narrator is interesting and the others around him are interesting. The plot skips around time. Is that more interesting? Nobody writes a linear story any more. I love learning culture, and I hope I'm getting some cultural knowledge about Nigeria and Yoruba culture. Culture is funny because a stereotype has information, it's just not that rigid, and doesn't really tell me how tightly people cling to those stereotypes. A person from that culture hopefully provides neutral information with some negatives and some positives. When I was a social worker everything was culture culture culture, and I miss that. I ask people at the park, but it turns out it's not easy to talk about for most people. Culture is something hidden in the background, like Ka...