{"product_id":"the-palm-wine-drinkard-paperback","title":"The Palm-Wine Drinkard - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmos Tutuola\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWole Soyinka\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmos Tutuola's masterful first novel of a nightmarish quest into the land of the dead, now available in a standalone volume with an introduction by Wole Soyinka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely considered to be his masterpiece, Amos Tutuola's debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Palm-Wine Drinkard\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1952. Named one of \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e's \"100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time\" and introduced here by Wole Soyinka, the novel tells the phantasmagorical story of a wealthy alcoholic who drinks 225 kegs of palm wine a day. When the man's personal tapster dies and leaves him without any remaining supply of alcohol, the man desperately follows the tapster into the nightmarish Dead's Town. Drawing on Yoruba folklore and narrated with a unique voice that mixes West African oral traditions with the Colonial British English that Tutuola learned at school, \u003ci\u003eThe Palm-Wine Drinkard\u003c\/i\u003e is a seminal work of African literature from one of Nigeria's most influential writers and an important part of the global literary canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmos Tutuola\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920. The son of a cocoa farmer, he attended several schools before training as a blacksmith. He later worked as a civil servant. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Palm-Wine Drinkard\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1952 and brought him international recognition. From 1956 until retirement, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Company while continuing to write. His last book, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1990. He died in Ibadan in 1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52004069835053,"sku":"9780802164018","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/vtc8v1qElz9780802164018.webp?v=1776704426","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-palm-wine-drinkard-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}