“Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun” is a novella by Sarah Ladipo Manyika. Of all the books nominated for the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize, this looked like the most interesting to my eyes. I’ve enjoyed previous Goldsmiths nominated novels including Acts of the Assassins and Satin Island. The title comes from a poem by Mary Ruefle called “Donkey On”. You can read it here. “Like a Mule…” is set in contemporary San Francisco and takes the form of multiple first person narratives, centred around Dr.