{"product_id":"9781911590798","title":"Hangman","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Binyam, Maya \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/08\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 208 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781911590798,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A gripping tale of homecoming and loss... ruthlessly honest and startlingly beautiful... profound and unforgettable' Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King'Daring, intellectually rich, and unsettlingly hilarious. We have a powerful new voice in Maya Binyam, one who knows how to make a story sing' Alexandra Kleeman, author of Something New Under the Sun'A subtle and peculiar novel about subtle and peculiar things - home, exile, injustice, family, return and life itself... a remarkable book' Keith Ridgway, author of A Shock'A strikingly masterful debut... a clean, sharp, piercing - and deeply political novel' Namwali Serpell, author of The FurrowsA 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\u003eHangman 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 strangley honest story of one man's search for refuge - in this world and the one that lies beyond it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn existential journey, a tragic farce, a slapstick tragedy: Hangman is the shockingly original debut novel about exile, diaspora and the search for Black refuge, from a thrilling new literary voice\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43364707041324,"sku":"9781911590798","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781911590798.jpg?v=1716135719","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.live\/products\/9781911590798","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}