{"product_id":"9781911590798-hangman","title":"Hangman","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn existential journey, a tragic farce, a slapstick tragedy: a shockingly original debut novel about exile, diaspora and the search for Black refuge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brilliantly surreal story of exile and homecoming'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e GUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e'S BOOK OF THE DAY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A slim, stark, and captivatingly enigmatic début'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years living in exile in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone at the airport knows him-a man who calls him brother. As they travel to this man's house, the purpose of his visit comes into focus: he is here to find his real brother, who is dying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHangman\u003c\/i\u003e is his tragicomic journey through homecoming and loss. It is a hilarious and twisted odyssey, peopled by phantoms and tricksters, aid workers and taxi drivers, the relatives and riddles that lead this man along a circuitous path towards the truth. This is the strangely honest story of one man's search for refuge-in this world and the one that lies beyond it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE\u003ci\u003e TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFRIEZE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBBC\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e READER'S DIGEST\u003c\/i\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e__________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR HANGMAN:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Urgent and emotionally resonant'\u003ci\u003e VOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Reinvents the novel of return. keeps you hooked' Monica Ali\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Melancholic but weirdly hopeful'\u003ci\u003e FT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Remarkably assured and distinctive' \u003ci\u003eTLS \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Laconic and darkly humorous'\u003ci\u003e FRIEZE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A striking masterful debut' NAMWALI SERPELL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A bravura twist on the immigrant novel' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ruthlessly honest and startingly beautiful' MAAZA MENGISTE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Daring, intellectually rich, and unsettlingly hilarious' ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Reinvents the novel of return. keeps you hooked'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41767319699553,"sku":"9781911590798","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41160286_51bb04ad-a54c-4ba9-aac1-f906e18cbeb7.jpg?v=1778128335","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781911590798-hangman","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}