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Pauper, Brawler, And Slanderer

Amos Tutuola's tales, drawing on the Yoruba folk tradition and the unique rhythms and idiom of Nigerian English, combine the resonance of universal myth with airs on a range of human vagaries. The leading characters here, as signalled by their nicknames, have all been rejected by patrician parents and forced to set out on what becomes a 'non-return' journey — in the visible sense, at least.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780571147144
  • Settings
  • Nigeria
  • Genres
  • africa, nigeria, fiction
  • Release date
  • 1987