{"product_id":"black-bazaar-9781846687778","title":"Black Bazaar","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlack Bazaar by Alain Mabanckou\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eButtologist is down on his uppers. His girlfriend, Original Colour, has cleared out of their Paris studio and run off to the Congo with a vertically challenged drummer known as The Mongrel. She's taken their daughter with her. Meanwhile, a racist neighbour spies on him something wicked, accusing him of 'digging a hole in the Dole'. And his drinking buddies at Jips, the Afro-Cuban bar in Les Halles, pour scorn on \u003ci\u003eBlack Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, the journal he keeps to log his sorrows. There are days when only the Arab in the corner shop has a kind word; while at night his dreams are stalked by the cannibal pygmies of Gabon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen again, Buttologist wears no ordinary uppers. He has \u003ci\u003estyle\u003c\/i\u003e, bags of it (suitcases of crocodile and anaconda Westons, to be precise). He's a dandy from the Bacongo district of Brazzaville - AKA a \u003ci\u003esapeur\u003c\/i\u003e or member of the Society of Ambience-makers and People of Elegance. But is flaunting sartorial chic against tough times enough for Buttologist to cut it in the City of Light?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Alain Mabanckou\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlain Mabanckou is a writer of novels, plays and poetry. He teaches French literature at UCLA in California. Previous novels, \u003ci\u003eAfrican Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e [9781846686412], \u003ci\u003eBroken Glass\u003c\/i\u003e [9781846688157] and \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of a Porcupine\u003c\/i\u003e [9781846687679] are also published by Serpent's Tail. He was awarded the Grand Prix de la Littérature in 2012 and in 2015 was listed as a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e is translated by Sarah Ardizzone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serpent's Tail","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493605642514,"sku":"9781846687778","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de5a93e4-2a5e-4bd4-811e-c8fc9bf5ce10.jpg?v=1730654377","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-bazaar-9781846687778","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}