Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Season of Crimson Blossoms is a tender love story set against the backdrop of religious violence and politics in northern Nigeria, told in the slow, naturalist style reminiscent of Stephen Crane and Zola. Perhaps the best book I have read this year. – Helon Habila,  author of Oil on Water and The Chibok Girls

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is exactly what Northern Nigerian Literature should look like. This is a very moving book, a love story, with the unlikeliest of protagonists… a Muslim mother with grown-up kids, and her robber. My novel of the year. Just beautiful. – Binyavanga Wainaina, author of One Day I Will Write About This Place

A haunting story of forbidden love trying to survive in the midst of social and political violence; of obligation versus personal freedom; of desire and death. Vivid characters, good dialogues and a strong sense of location are the perfect ingredients. – Veronique Tadjo, author of As The Crow Flies

A powerful and compelling debut. The taboo subject of an older woman’s sexuality, portrayed with courage, skill and delicacy, is explored in the context of the criminal underworld and the corrupt politics that exploits it. Thus, elegantly, and with compassion for the powerless, Ibrahim gives us unique insight into contemporary Nigerian society. This is a novel to be savoured. – Zoe Wicomb, author of October and Chair of Judges, The Caine Prize for African Writing, 2015

A rich and vibrant novel with shades of brutality, romance and the pressures of a close knit community. – Leila Aboulela  author of The Kindness of Enemies

This is a brave and important novel which shocks and excites in equal measure with its echoes of Marquez, Soyinka and Ben Okri. – Toni Kan, author of The Carnivorous City