Grace Jones (novel)
# Grace Jones (novel)

Grace Jones is young adult short story by Nigerian short story writer Irenosen Okojie. It was published in Nudibranch which was published by Little, Brown and Company via its Dialogue Books imprints in 2019. The short story received critical reviews.

## Plot summary

The short story centers on a young lady who impersonates Grace Jones after watching her on TV. She does this in order to secure a job.

## Reception

It won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2020. The Irish Times described it as "...a radical story that plays with logic, time and place; it defies convention, as it unfolds a narrative that is multi-layered and multi-dimensional."

