This is one of the first short stories that I wrote back in 1997. 10 years later I would publish it on my now defunct but still accessible ‘Short Story’ blog: La Racontrice. When I read it, I think of the writer I was then and the writer that…

 
This is a work of fiction.
When Enebeli lands a job in the Central Medical Stores in the city of Lagos, little does he know how his life is about to change following the august visit of an international rock star and a timely handshake. 

It was Karunwi who told Enebeli…

I had not paid much attention to a disheveled man who had boarded the bus at about the same time with us. He spoke slowly but articulately in clear tones, describing himself as an insurance loss adjuster in a previous life. According to him, things had started to go…