【迷幻城市浮沉的漂浪者，不能相愛還是要愛】 視覺藝術家暨作家奧松德以奈及利亞首都拉哥斯為舞臺，描寫不受法律保障的「漂浪者」（如酷兒、貧民、街友⋯）。他們在城市中潛行，開拓自己的道路，為生存抗爭。 酷兒、窮人、難民、街友和流氓⋯在奈及利亞被稱為「漂泊者」，意指生存不受法律保障之人。 視覺藝術家暨作家奧松德以赤裸裸的現實主義結合神話和奇幻色彩，描繪奈國首都拉哥斯市的邊緣人。 有人要逃離危險、有人要密會情人、有人要尋找認同⋯他們對抗著彼此，卻又支持著對方。 在不被允許相愛的國度裡，漂泊者堅持追求一生一遇的交會，真正的活著。 In the bustling streets and cloistered homes of Lagos, a cast of vivid characters—some haunted, some defiant—navigate danger, demons, and love in a quest to lead true lives. As in Nigeria, vagabonds are those whose existence is literally outlawed: the queer, the poor, the displaced, the footloose and rogue spirits. They are those who inhabit transient spaces, who make their paths and move invisibly, who embrace apparitions, old vengeances and alternative realities. Eloghosa Osunde's brave, fiercely inventive novel traces a wild array of characters for whom life itself is a form of resistance: a driver for a debauched politician with the power to command life and death; a legendary fashion designer who gives birth to a grown daughter; a lesbian couple whose tender relationship sheds unexpected light on their experience with underground sex work; a wife and mother who attends a secret spiritual gathering that shifts her world. As their lives intertwine—in bustling markets and underground clubs, churches and hotel rooms—vagabonds are seized and challenged by spirits who command the city's dark energy. Whether running from danger, meeting with secret lovers, finding their identities, or vanquishing their shadowselves, Osunde's characters confront and support one another, before converging for the once-in-a-lifetime gathering that gives the book its unexpectedly joyous conclusion. Blending unvarnished realism with myth and fantasy, Vagabonds! is a vital work of imagination that takes us deep inside the hearts, minds, and bodies of a people in duress—and in triumph.