Nigba ti o wa ni London, o kopa ninu idanwo Institute of Chartered Accountants, eyi sin fun ni anfaani lati di akekoo ile-iwe giga naa lodun 1964.. 
In 2014, the Nigerian author chimaòwúrọ̀ Ngozi Adichie recommended it for Summer reading in the Guardian.Her novel was also shortlisted for the Nigeria prize for literature in 2016, after it was released there by a Nigerian publisher.. 