Ben Okri has published many books, including The Famished Road, which won the Booker Prize, and The Age of Magic. His work has been translated into 26 languages and won numerous international prizes. Born in Nigeria, he lives in London.
A modern-day classic * Evening Standard * Beautiful. A new creation myth * Daily Telegraph * Amazing. I think this is as close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story * Guardian * Genuinely fresh insight... the invisibility theme is a good one, for the multiple associations it carries, especially for an African writer' * The Herald *