{"product_id":"9781911590798","title":"Hangman","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Maya Binyam\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 August 2024 by PUSHKIN PRESS (ONE) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 128 x 15mm | 186g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A slim, stark, and captivatingly enigmatic début'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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\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'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maya Binyam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56261187338565,"sku":"9781911590798","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781911590798.jpg?v=1763037823","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781911590798","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}