{"product_id":"9780571311538-the-palm-wine-drinkard","title":"The Palm-Wine Drinkard","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination', \u003ci\u003eThe Palm-Wine Drinkard\u003c\/i\u003e is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching.' Dylan Thomas, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tutuola's art conceals - or rather clothes - his purpose, as all good art must do.' Chinua Achebe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic novel tells the phantasmagorical story of an alcoholic man and his search for his dead palm-wine tapster. As he travels through the land of the dead, he encounters a host of supernatural and often terrifying beings - among them the complete gentleman who returns his body parts to their owners and the insatiable hungry-creature. Mixing Yoruba folktales with what T. S. Eliot described as a 'creepy crawly imagination', \u003ci\u003eThe Palm-Wine Drinkard\u003c\/i\u003e is regarded as the seminal work of African literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching.' Dylan Thomas, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tutuola's art conceals - or rather clothes - his purpose, as all good art must do.' Chinua Achebe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943243264097,"sku":"9780571311538","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36404749_d2f0b209-8a95-4b7b-9ae7-91c9e70678db.jpg?v=1759484065","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571311538-the-palm-wine-drinkard","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}