{"product_id":"bom-boy-9781946395108","title":"Bom Boy","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Dublin Literary Award and Women's Prize for Fiction longlisted author of \u003cem\u003eThe Woman Next Door \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAn Unusual Grief\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the South African Literary Award First Time Author Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Etisalat Prize for Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatured in the New York Times' \"Globetrotting\" sneak preview of books coming out in 2019 from around the world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \"Seven new and noteworthy fiction titles about South Africa\" \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWandering in Cape Town, Leke stalks people, steals small objects, and visits doctors and healers in search of a cure. But he isn't sure what ails him--loneliness, or the family curse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbandoned by his birth mother, losing his adoptive mother to cancer, and failing to connect with his distant adoptive father, Leke--a troubled young man living in Cape Town--has developed some odd and possibly destructive habits: he stalks strangers, steals small objects, and visits doctors and healers in search of friendship. Through a series of letters written to him from prison by his Nigerian father, a man he has never met, Leke learns about the family curse--a curse which his father had unsuccessfully tried to remove. Leke's search to break the curse leads him to strange places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYewande Omotoso\u003c\/strong\u003e is an architect with a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. Her debut novel \u003cem\u003eBom Boy\u003c\/em\u003e was published in South Africa by Modjaji Books in 2011 and was shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Fiction Prize. \u003cem\u003eThe Woman Next Door\u003c\/em\u003e (Chatto and Windus, 2016), Omotoso's second novel, was published to critical acclaim. She lives in Johannesburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOmotoso, Yewande:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Yewande Omotoso is an architect, with a masters in creative writing from the University of Cape Town. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eBomboy\u003c\/i\u003e (2011 Modjaji Books), won the South African Literary Award First Time Author Prize and was shortlisted for the Etisalat Prize for Literature. She was a 2015 Miles Morland Scholar. Yewande's second novel \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e (Chatto and Windus) was published in May 2016. It was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, the Aidoo-Snyder Prize, the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize, and the UJ Literary Prize. It was also longlisted for the Baileys Women's Literature Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e was also nominated for the 2018 Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award in the fiction category.","brand":"Catalyst Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589715722514,"sku":"9781946395108","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d0f1dfcf-0699-4f0d-9a58-b0e8bfd1ffe0.jpg?v=1756802915","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bom-boy-9781946395108","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}