"Against the run of play" brings into sharp focus the centrifugal forces that took Nigeria to the brink in the 2015 elections. Thoughtful, intelligent and rigorous, Olusegun Adeniyi's book trains an unerring eye on recent history, and calls us to remember. In this story of politics marked by intrigue, ambition, tragedy and farce, shines through a nation's miraculous ability to remake itself.