Taty Went West

“A hallucinogenic post-apocalyptic carnival ride—Nikhil Singh has a strange and intriguing mind.” 

    —Lauren Beukes, author of Broken Monsters

“Imagine if Lewis Carroll had written five Alice adventures and crammed them into one volume but veering into untried perversions, new drugs, and a beatnik-Gothic vibe. Only out of Africa. William S. Burroughs—only more imaginative.” 

    —Geoff Ryman, author of the hypertext novel 253 and its print version, 253: The Print Remix

“A wild, marauding vision on acid. Nikhil Singh creates a world that threatens to leave the confines of the page. Brilliantly compelling.” 

    —Irenosen Okojie, author of Speak Gigantular

“Savvy, ultra-modern, Taty straddles the mediated realities of our own continent and the groundbreaking possibilities of our ongoing universal imaginaries.” 

    —Billy Kahora, managing editor of Kenya’s Kwani Trust

“Finding words to adequately describe Singh’s writing is not easy, but let’s start with these: radiant, explosive, provocative. These characters and their stories are remarkable. Taty Went West is a dizzying ride of a novel that will leave you breathless and wanting to get right back on again.”

    —Michael Thomas Ford, author of the Shirley Jackson Award finalist, Lambda Literary Award finalist, and Tiptree Award long list title LILY

“Nikhil Singh writes a prose as lush and crocodile-infested as the rainforests in the Outzone.” 

    —Mehul Gohil, winner of the 2010 Kwani? “The Kenya I Live In” Short Story Prize

“Taty Went West is not your average adventure story, and Taty is a new kind of adventure heroine.” 

    —New African Magazine

“There’s no one else like Nikhil Singh and their intricate illustrated dark visions of the future. Their individuality stains their work in an eerie and pervasive manner making for an incredible multi-layered experience for the reader.”

    —Short Story Day Africa