Furo Wariboko - born and bred in Lagos - wakes up on the morning of his job interview to discover he has turned into a white man. As he hits the city streets running, still reeling from his new-found condition, Furo finds the dead ends of his life open out before him. As a white man in Nigeria, the world is seemingly his oyster - except for one thing: despite his radical transformation, Furo's ass remains robustly black.

Spine title: Literary fairy tales.

Fairy tale /Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe -- Fair-haired Eckbert / Ludwig Tieck -- A wondrous oriental fairy tale a naked saint / Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder -- Klingsohr's tale / Novalis -- Hyacinth and rosebud / Novalis -- The Runenberg / Ludwig Tieck -- The new Melusina / Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe -- The history of Krakatuk / E.T.A. Hoffmann -- The marble statue / Joseph, Freiherr Von Eichendorff -- The tale of the myrtle-girl / Clemens Brentano -- The cold heart / Wilhelm Hauff -- The story of beautiful Lau / Eduard Mörike -- Hinzelmeier : a thoughtful story / Theodor Storm --Bulemann's House / Theodor Storm -- The tale of the 672nd night / Hugo Von Hofmannsthal -- Jackals and Arabs / Franz Kafka.