Author: Amos Tutuola
publisher name: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571311538
The Palm-Wine Drinkard is a classic novel that narrates the phantasmagorical journey of an alcoholic man in search of his deceased palm-wine tapster. As he ventures through the land of the dead, he encounters a myriad of supernatural and often terrifying beings, including the complete gentleman who returns body parts to their owners and an insatiable hungry creature. The novel blends Yoruba folktales with a "creepy crawly imagination," making it a seminal work in African literature. Dylan Thomas described it as "brief, thronged, grisly and bewitching."
