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Taneba, the narrator, will die young, his immune system wrecked by years of hard-drinkign and his night-time existence in the clubs of Lagos. Here he recors his last will and testament; of `Tanbeba the father who judged the mayhem of the night, Taneba the son who revelled in its `vaganza, and Taneba the spirit who descanted its mysteries'. His stories are shadowed by the legacy of his father's memory, and his genius preoccupies him constantly. Despite himself, Taneba falls for Eve, a former fiancee of his father, who nurtured her flair for art and culture that so entices him. Although their relationship proves transitory, his family heritage and roots do not; at the end of his life, he finally comes to accept his father's genius although he has not entirely risen above `spitting on his memory'.