Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer - Softcover

Tutuola, Amos

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9780571147656: Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer

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ISBN 10: 0571147658 ISBN 13: 9780571147656

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1987

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Pauper, Brawler, and Slanderer are expelled from their Nigerian village and encounter unexpected adventures during their exile

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Book Description:

Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer, by Amos Tutuola, shows the Nigerian novelist at his funniest and most vivid, his characteristic wisdom and imagination mixing with the Yoruba folk tradition upon which Tutuola draws.

About the Author:

Amos Tutuola 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, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, 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, The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories, was published in 1990. He died in Ibadan in 1997.

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