In 12 stories, Damilare Kuku tells—openly, directly, and with dry humor—of women and men in Lagos. They are all searching: for love, sex, and soulmates, for a relationship that satisfies erotic desires and provides security amidst the chaos of the bustling metropolis. It's a nearly hopeless endeavor, which the author recounts in an entertaining and suspenseful way, with wit and surprising twists. Whether it's the wife who threatens to cut off her husband's penis, or the young woman who rejects the fabulously wealthy Oedipus to escape a domineering mother-in-law—it is the women on whose side Damilare Kuku takes the lead and whom she ultimately empowers to strike a liberating blow against outdated gender roles.